Is Host Filtering the Main Driver of Phylosymbiosis across the Tree of Life?
ABSTRACT Host-associated microbiota composition can be conserved over evolutionary time scales. Indeed, closely related species often host similar microbiota; i.e., the composition of their microbiota harbors a phylogenetic signal, a pattern sometimes referred to as “phylosymbiosis.” Elucidating the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-10-01
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Series: | mSystems |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00097-18 |