A great-ape view of the gut microbiome

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 195-206

  Nishida, Alex H ^a   Ochman, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HOMINID; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85059672933     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41576-018-0085-z     Document Type: Review

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