Comparative Analysis of Microbiome Metagenomics in Reintroduced Wild Horses and Resident Asiatic Wild Asses in the Gobi Desert Steppe

The gut microbiome offers important ecological benefits to the host; however, our understanding of the functional microbiome in relation to wildlife adaptation, especially for translocated endangered species, is lagging. In this study, we adopted a comparative metagenomics approach to test whether t...

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Main Authors: Liping Tang, Yunyun Gao, Liping Yan, Huiping Jia, Hongjun Chu, Xinping Ma, Lun He, Xiaoting Wang, Kai Li, Defu Hu, Dong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/6/1166