Gut Microbiota Co-microevolution with Selection for Host Humoral Immunity

To explore coevolution between the gut microbiota and the humoral immune system of the host, we used chickens as the model organism. The host populations were two lines (HAS and LAS) developed from a common founder that had undergone 40 generations of divergent selection for antibody titers to sheep...

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Main Authors: Lingyu Yang, Shuyun Liu, Jinmei Ding, Ronghua Dai, Chuan He, Ke Xu, Christa F. Honaker, Yan Zhang, Paul Siegel, He Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01243/full

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