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Selection for environmental variance shifted the gut microbiome composition driving animal resilience.
Microbiome - 4 Jul 2023
Casto-Rebollo Cristina, Argente María José, García María Luz, Pena Ramona Natacha, Blasco Agustín, Ibáñez-Escriche Noelia
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BACKGROUND: Understanding how the host's microbiome shapes phenotypes and participates in the host response to selection is fundamental for evolutionists and animal and plant breeders. Currently, selection for resilience is considered a critical step in improving the sustainability of livestock systems. Environmental variance (V E), the within-individual variance of a trait, has been successfully used as a proxy...
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