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Protective role of the vulture facial skin and gut microbiomes aid adaptation to scavenging

BACKGROUND: Vultures have adapted the remarkable ability to feed on carcasses that may contain microorganisms that would be pathogenic to most other animals. The holobiont concept suggests that the genetic basis of such adaptation may not only lie within their genomes, but additionally in their asso...

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Autores principales: Zepeda Mendoza, Marie Lisandra, Roggenbuck, Michael, Manzano Vargas, Karla, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Brunak, Søren, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30309375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-018-0415-3