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Individual diet has sex-dependent effects on vertebrate gut microbiota.
Nature communications - 29 Jul 2014
Bolnick Daniel I, Snowberg Lisa K, Hirsch Philipp E, Lauber Christian L, Org Elin, Parks Brian, Lusis Aldons J, Knight Rob, Caporaso J Gregory, Svanbäck Richard
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrates harbour diverse communities of symbiotic gut microbes. Host diet is known to alter microbiota composition, implying that dietary treatments might alleviate diseases arising from altered microbial composition ('dysbiosis'). However, it remains unclear whether diet effects are general or depend on host genotype. Here we show that gut microbiota composition depends on interactions between host diet and...
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