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Alex Penn

Birds Canada

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Age-related changes in the gut microbiota of a long-lived seabird suggest divergence from mammalian models

Eveliina Hanski, Kieran A. Bates, Robert D. Hughes, Mark A. Newell, Alex Penn, Aura Raulo, Liz Scott, Liping Tang, Annette L. Fayet

This study examines age-related gut microbiota changes in Atlantic puffins, finding population-level structuring in chicks that disappears in adults, with contrasting patterns compared to mammals.

Royal Society Open Science · Sep 9, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology