Bovine host genome acts on rumen microbiome function linked to methane emissions

Metagenomes from 359 steers demonstrate a strong relationship between host genomics and microbial gene abundances, particularly those correlated with bovine emissions of methane.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marina Martínez-Álvaro, Marc D. Auffret, Carol-Anne Duthie, Richard J. Dewhurst, Matthew A. Cleveland, Mick Watson, Rainer Roehe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03293-0