Subspecies divergence, hybridisation and the spatial environment shape phylosymbiosis in the microbiome of house mice
S. C. M. Ferreira, V. H. Jarquin-Diaz, A. Planillo, L. Dureje, I. Martincova, S. Kramer-Schadt, S. K. Forslund, E. Heitlinger
The paper examines how host subspecies divergence, hybridisation, and spatial environment influence microbiome composition in house mice, finding that host genetics shape microbiome similarity more than hybridisation.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology