Selection of geographical populations suitable for artificial breeding of the Northeast China Brown Frog (Rana dybowskii).

ABSTRACT: Amphibians, as a group greatly disturbed by human activities, are at increased risk of extinction. Rana dybowskii is an anuran species with both ecological and economic significance. Due to environmental changes and human overexploitation, it has been classified as Near-Threatened. This study integrates morphological and molecular immunological approaches to identify R. dybowskii populations with greater survival and disease resistance, based on 32 morphological traits and MHC class I and II polymorphism. Morphological results showed that compared with other populations, Yichun (YC) population had the highest fatness, the lowest IOD/HW, and the largest HW/SVL, HL/SVL, HW/HL, SL/TL. It indicates that YC population shows larger body size, wider vision and stronger jumping ability. The polymo

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12408692 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature