Testing the Neutral Theory of Biodiversity with Human Microbiome Datasets

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Lianwei ^a   Ma, Zhanshan Sam ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84982094764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31448     Document Type: Article

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