Environmental factors dominate over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota composition
Daphna Rothschild, Omer Weissbrod, Elad Barkan, Alexander Kurilshikov, Tal Korem, David Zeevi, Paul Igor Costea, Anastasia Godneva, Iris N. Kalka, Noam Bar, Smadar Shilo, Dar Lador, Arnau Vich Vila, Niv Zmora, Meirav Pevsner‐Fischer, , Eran Segal
This study shows environmental factors have a greater impact on human gut microbiota than host genetics, with microbiome data adding significant predictive value to phenotypes.
Nature · Feb 28, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics