Article
Host sex and genotype modify the gut microbiome response to helminth infection
2019-04-14
Abstract excerpt
The microbial community can be altered by direct/indirect interactions with parasites infecting host. Direct interactions can arise from physical/chemical contact with the parasite. Indirect interactions can involve parasite-induced changes in host immunity. If so, this would represent a case of genetic polymorphism in one species controlling an ecological interaction between other species. Here, we report a test...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9867550b-230b-5cbe-ab08-557772d72d9a
- DOI
- 10.1101/608638