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Age‐associated variation in the gut microbiota of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) reveals differences in food metabolism

Age is known to affect the gut microbiota in various animals; however, this relationship is poorly understood in seabirds. We investigated the temporal succession of gut microbiota in captive chinstrap penguins of different ages using high‐throughput sequencing. The gut microbiota exhibited a signif...

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Autores principales: Tian, Jiashen, Du, Jing, Zhang, Shengjiu, Li, Yanqiu, Gao, Xianggang, Han, Jiabo, Lu, Zhichuang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8103090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33970544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1190