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<i>Heliconius</i> Butterflies Host Characteristic and Phylogenetically Structured Adult-Stage Microbiomes
29 Sept 2020
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Many insects host microbiomes with important ecological functions. However, the prevalence of this phenomenon is unclear because in many insect taxa, microbiomes have been studied in only part of the life cycle, if at all. A prominent example is butterflies and moths, in which the composition and functional role of adult-stage microbiomes are largely unknown. We comprehensively characterized microbiomes in adult...
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