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Seasonal and Sexual Differences in the Microbiota of the Hoopoe Uropygial Secretion

The uropygial gland of hoopoe nestlings and nesting females hosts bacterial symbionts that cause changes in the characteristics of its secretion, including an increase of its antimicrobial activity. These changes occur only in nesting individuals during the breeding season, possibly associated with...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez-Ruano, Sonia M., Martín-Vivaldi, Manuel, Peralta-Sánchez, Juan M., García-Martín, Ana B., Martínez-García, Ángela, Soler, Juan J., Valdivia, Eva, Martínez-Bueno, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30103505
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes9080407