Inferring causal structures of gut microbiota diversity and feed efficiency traits in poultry using Bayesian learning and genomic structural equation models.

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Feed and phosphorus (P) efficiency are of increasing importance in poultry breeding. It has been shown recently that these efficiency traits are influenced by the gut microbiota composition of the birds. The efficiency traits and the gut microbiota composition are partly under control of the host genome. Thus, the gut microbiota composition can be seen as a mediator trait between the host genome and the...

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