Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels
Abstract Background Our understanding of gut microbiota has been limited primarily to findings from human and laboratory animals, but what shapes the gut microbiota in nature remains largely unknown. To fill this gap, we conducted a comprehensive study of gut microbiota of a well-studied North Ameri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0382-3 |