Convergence of human and Old World monkey gut microbiomes demonstrates the importance of human ecology over phylogeny

Convergence of human and Old World monkey gut microbiomes demonstrates the importance of human ecology over phylogeny

Abstract Background Comparative data from non-human primates provide insight into the processes that shaped the evolution of the human gut microbiome and highlight microbiome traits that differentiate humans from other primates. Here, in an effort to improve our understanding of the human microbiome...

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Main Authors: Katherine R. Amato, Elizabeth K. Mallott, Daniel McDonald, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Tony Goldberg, Joanna E. Lambert, Larissa Swedell, Jessica L. Metcalf, Andres Gomez, Gillian A. O. Britton, Rebecca M. Stumpf, Steven R. Leigh, Rob Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Genome Biology
Subjects:
Human gut microbiome
Primate gut microbiome
Cercopithecine
Human evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-019-1807-z

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