Opening the file drawer: Unexpected insights from a chytrid infection experiment.

ABSTRACT: Infection experiments are critical for understanding wildlife disease dynamics. Although infection experiments are typically designed to reduce complexity, disease outcomes still result from complex interactions between host, pathogen, and environmental factors. Cryptic variation across factors can lead to decreased repeatability of infection experiments within and between research groups and hinder research progress. Furthermore, studies with unexpected results are often relegated to the "file drawer" and potential insights gained from these experimental outcomes are lost. Here, we report unexpected results from an infection experiment studying the response of two differentially-susceptible but related frogs (American Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana and the Mountain yellow-legged frog Rana musc

SUBMITTER: Byrne AQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5942794 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature