Gut microbiota differs between two cold-climate lizards distributed in thermally different regions

Abstract Background The metabolic cold-climate adaption hypothesis predicts that animals from cold environments have relatively high metabolic rates compared with their warm-climate counterparts. However, studies testing this hypothesis are sparse. Here, we compared gut microbes between two cold-cli...

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Main Authors: Jun-Qiong Chen, Lu-Wen Zhang, Ru-Meng Zhao, Hai-Xia Wu, Long-Hui Lin, Peng Li, Hong Li, Yan-Fu Qu, Xiang Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02077-8