Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus
Anthropophilic species (“commensal” species) that are completely dependent upon anthropic habitats experience different selective pressures particularly in terms of food than their noncommensal counterparts. Using a next-generation sequencing approach, we characterized and compared the gut microflor...
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ftindianacasci:oai:repository.ias.ac.in:127850 2023-05-15T18:05:17+02:00 Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus Varudkar, Amruta Ramakrishnan, Uma 2018 application/pdf http://repository.ias.ac.in/127850/ http://repository.ias.ac.in/127850/1/Ecology%20and%20Evolution%20-%202018%20-%20Varudkar%20-%20Gut%20microflora%20may%20facilitate%20adaptation%20to%20anthropic%20habitat%20%20A%20comparative.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4040 en eng John Wiley & Sons, Inc http://repository.ias.ac.in/127850/1/Ecology%20and%20Evolution%20-%202018%20-%20Varudkar%20-%20Gut%20microflora%20may%20facilitate%20adaptation%20to%20anthropic%20habitat%20%20A%20comparative.pdf Varudkar, Amruta Ramakrishnan, Uma (2018) Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus Ecology and Evolution, 8 (13). pp. 6463-6472. ISSN 20457758 QH426 Genetics Article PeerReviewed 2018 ftindianacasci https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4040 2022-11-05T18:37:26Z Anthropophilic species (“commensal” species) that are completely dependent upon anthropic habitats experience different selective pressures particularly in terms of food than their noncommensal counterparts. Using a next-generation sequencing approach, we characterized and compared the gut microflora community of 53 commensal Rattus rattus and 59 noncommensal Rattus satarae captured in 10 locations in the Western Ghats, India. We observed that, while species identity was important in characterizing the microflora communities of the two Rattus hosts, environmental factors also had a significant effect. While there was significant geographic variation in the microflora of the noncommensal R. satarae, there was no effect of geographic distance on gut microflora of the commensal R. rattus. Interestingly, host genetic distance did not significantly influence the community in either Rattus hosts. Collectively, these results indicate that a shift in habitat is likely to result in a change in the gut microflora community and imply that the gut microflora is a complex trait, influenced by various parameters in different habitats. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Indian Academy of Sciences: Publication of Fellows Ecology and Evolution 8 13 6463 6472 |
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Anthropophilic species (“commensal” species) that are completely dependent upon anthropic habitats experience different selective pressures particularly in terms of food than their noncommensal counterparts. Using a next-generation sequencing approach, we characterized and compared the gut microflora community of 53 commensal Rattus rattus and 59 noncommensal Rattus satarae captured in 10 locations in the Western Ghats, India. We observed that, while species identity was important in characterizing the microflora communities of the two Rattus hosts, environmental factors also had a significant effect. While there was significant geographic variation in the microflora of the noncommensal R. satarae, there was no effect of geographic distance on gut microflora of the commensal R. rattus. Interestingly, host genetic distance did not significantly influence the community in either Rattus hosts. Collectively, these results indicate that a shift in habitat is likely to result in a change in the gut microflora community and imply that the gut microflora is a complex trait, influenced by various parameters in different habitats. |
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Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus |
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Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus |
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Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus |
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Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus |
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Gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: A comparative study in Rattus |
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gut microflora may facilitate adaptation to anthropic habitat: a comparative study in rattus |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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http://repository.ias.ac.in/127850/ http://repository.ias.ac.in/127850/1/Ecology%20and%20Evolution%20-%202018%20-%20Varudkar%20-%20Gut%20microflora%20may%20facilitate%20adaptation%20to%20anthropic%20habitat%20%20A%20comparative.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4040 |
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