Gut microbiota contribute to cold adaptation in mammals—primates and ungulates

Summary: Gut microbiota play an influential role in how animals adapt to extreme environments. Two phylogenetically distant mammals, Yunnan snub-nosed monkey and reindeer both adapted to frigid environments. Metagenomic analyses revealed they developed similar cold adaptation strategies in response...

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Main Authors: Xue-Qin Yao, Heng Bao, Nhat-Tan La, Guang-Shun Jiang, Peng-Hui Zhai, Chun-Bing Liu, Li Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-04-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225005061
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