Article
Metagenome-wide association of microbial determinants of host phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster.
mBio - 30 Sept 2014
Chaston John M, Newell Peter D, Douglas Angela E
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Animal-associated bacteria (microbiota) affect host behaviors and physiological traits. To identify bacterial genetic determinants of microbiota-responsive host traits, we employed a metagenome-wide association (MGWA) approach in two steps. First, we measured two microbiota-responsive host traits, development time and triglyceride (TAG) content, in Drosophila melanogaster flies monoassociated with...
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