Protective role of the vulture facial skin and gut microbiomes aid adaptation to scavenging

BACKGROUND: Vultures have adapted the remarkable ability to feed on carcasses that may contain microorganisms that would be pathogenic to most other animals. The holobiont concept suggests that the genetic basis of such adaptation may not only lie within their genomes, but additionally in their asso...

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Published in:Acta Vet Scand
Main Authors: Zepeda Mendoza, Marie Lisandra, Roggenbuck, Michael, Manzano Vargas, Karla, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Brunak, Søren, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182802/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30309375
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-018-0415-3
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