The Gut Microbiota Determines the High-Altitude Adaptability of Tibetan Wild Asses (Equus kiang) in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The Gut Microbiota Determines the High-Altitude Adaptability of Tibetan Wild Asses (Equus kiang) in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

It was acknowledged long ago that microorganisms have played critical roles in animal evolution. Tibetan wild asses (TWA, Equus kiang) are the only wild perissodactyls on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and the first national protected animals; however, knowledge about the relationships between thei...

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Main Authors: Hongjin Liu, Xueping Han, Na Zhao, Linyong Hu, Xungang Wang, Chongliang Luo, Yongwei Chen, Xinquan Zhao, Shixiao Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
gut microbiota
high-altitude adaptation
16S rRNA sequencing
meta-genomic sequencing
Tibetan wild asses
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.949002/full

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