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No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host

Gut microbes are believed to play a critical role in most animal life, yet fitness effects and cost–benefit trade‐offs incurred by the host are poorly understood. Unlike most hosts studied to date, butterflies largely acquire their nutrients from larval feeding, leaving relatively little opportunity...

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Autores principales: Ravenscraft, Alison, Kish, Nicole, Peay, Kabir, Boggs, Carol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30803091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15057

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