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Captivity results in disparate loss of gut microbial diversity in closely related hosts

The gastrointestinal tracts of animals contain diverse communities of microbes that provide a number of services to their hosts. There is recent concern that these communities may be lost as animals enter captive breeding programmes, due to changes in diet and/or exposure to environmental sources. H...

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Autores principales: Kohl, Kevin D., Skopec, Michele M., Dearing, M. Denise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cou009