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Gut microbiome composition, not alpha diversity, is associated with survival in a natural vertebrate population

BACKGROUND: The vertebrate gut microbiome (GM) can vary substantially across individuals within the same natural population. Although there is evidence linking the GM to health in captive animals, very little is known about the consequences of GM variation for host fitness in the wild. Here, we expl...

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Autores principales: Worsley, Sarah F., Davies, Charli S., Mannarelli, Maria-Elena, Hutchings, Matthew I., Komdeur, Jan, Burke, Terry, Dugdale, Hannah L., Richardson, David S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34930493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-021-00149-6