Phylogenetic comparative approach reveals evolutionary conservatism, ancestral composition, and integration of vertebrate gut microbiota
B. Perez-Lamarque, G. Sommeria-Klein, L. Duret, H. Morlon
The paper extends multivariate phylogenetic models to estimate phylosymbiosis, ancestral microbiota composition, and integration in vertebrates, finding significant conservation despite host diversification.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2023Evolutionary Biology