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Tag Archives: microbiome
The gopher tortoise gut microbiome
A few weeks ago I wrote about a study on socially structured gut microbiomes in wild baboons. Well, now I’m here to tell you about a new study that examined the population structure of tortoise gut microbiomes.
Posted in community ecology, genomics, natural history, next generation sequencing, population genetics, Uncategorized
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Tagged 16s, microbiome, tortoise
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Socially structured gut microbiomes in wild baboons
“You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.” Well, that old adage may still be true, but baboons certainly pick (up) their friends’ gut microbes. A new study by Jenny … Continue reading →
Posted in community ecology, genomics, metagenomics, natural history, primates
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Tagged baboons, microbiome, sociality
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Making heatmaps with R for microbiome analysis
Arianne Albert is the Biostatistician for the Women’s Health Research Institute at the British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. She earned a PhD from the University of British Columbia under the tutelage of Dolph Schluter before branching off into … Continue reading →