Article
Characteristics of Ruminal Microbial Community: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives
2020-12-24
Abstract excerpt
Ruminants perhaps appeared about 50 million years ago (Ma). Five ruminant families had been extinct and about 200 species in 6 ruminant families are living today. The first ruminant family probably was small omnivore without functional ruminal microbiota to digest fiber. Subsequently, other ruminant families evolved around 18-23 Ma along with woodlands and grasslands. Probably, ruminants started to consume selecti...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 318c5c84-fc2e-5b19-833a-1889653fce15
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202012.0628.v1
