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Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet
The microbiome is essential for extraction of energy and nutrition from plant-based diets and may have facilitated primate adaptation to new dietary niches in response to rapid environmental shifts. Here we use 16S rRNA sequencing to characterize the microbiota of wild western lowland gorillas and s...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04204-w |