Diet Drives Convergence in Gut Microbiome Functions Across Mammalian Phylogeny and Within Humans

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The normal range of physiological and metabolic phenotypes has been shaped by coevolution with microbial symbionts.

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CoevolutionPhylogeneticsMicrobiomeBiologyGut microbiomeEvolutionary biologyPhenotypeRange (aeronautics)Convergent evolutionComputational biologyZoologyEcologyGeneticsGene

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 332
Issue: 6032
Pages: 970-974
Citations: 1956
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                                    Brian D. Muegge, 
                                
                                    Justin Kuczynski, 
                                
                                    Dan Knights
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Diet Drives Convergence in Gut Microbiome Functions Across Mammalian Phylogeny and Within Humans. 
                            Science
                            , 332
                            (6032)
                            , 970-974.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1198719
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1198719