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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |