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Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms

Microbes in the gastrointestinal tract are under selective pressure to manipulate host eating behavior to increase their fitness, sometimes at the expense of host fitness. Microbes may do this through two potential strategies: (i) generating cravings for foods that they specialize on or foods that s...

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Publicado en:Bioessays
Main Authors: Alcock, Joe, Maley, Carlo C, Aktipis, C Athena
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: WILEY Periodicals, Inc. 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270213/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25103109
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201400071
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