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Protective role of the vulture facial skin and gut microbiomes aid adaptation to scavenging
Zepeda Mendoza, M. Lisandra; Roggenbuck, Michael; Manzano Vargas, Karla; Hestbjerg Hansen, Lars; Brunak, Søren; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Vultures have adapted the remarkable ability to feed on carcasses that may contain microorganisms that would be pathogenic to most other animals. The holobiont concept suggests that the genetic basis of such ...