Social environment drives sex and age-specific variation in Drosophila melanogaster microbiome composition and predicted function.
T. Leech, L. McDowall, K. P. Hopkins, S. M. Sait, X. A. Harrison, A. Bretman
This study shows that social environments affect the microbiome of Drosophila melanogaster in sex- and age-specific ways, influencing immunity and aging.
bioRxiv · Jan 7, 2020Ecology