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Gut microbes limit growth in house sparrow nestlings (Passer domesticus) but not through limitations in digestive capacity
Recent research often lauds the services and beneficial effects of host‐associated microbes on animals. However, hosting these microbes may come at a cost. For example, germ‐free and antibiotic‐treated birds generally grow faster than their conventional counterparts. In the wild, juvenile body size...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12289 |