Gut microbiota signatures of the three Mexican primate species, including hybrid populations.

ABSTRACT: Diversity of the gut microbiota has proven to be related with host physiology, health and behavior, influencing host ecology and evolution. Gut microbial community relationships often recapitulate primate phylogeny, suggesting phylosymbiotic associations. Howler monkeys (Alouatta) have been a model for the study of host-gut microbiota relationships, showing the influence of different host related and environmental factors. Differences in life-history traits and feeding behavior with other atelids, like spider monkeys, may reveal distinct patterns of bacterial gut communities, yet few wild populations have been studied; likewise, gut microbiota studies of hybrid populations are mostly lacking. We analyzed diversity and abundance patterns of the gut microbiota of wild populations of the thre

SUBMITTER: Zubillaga-Martin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11918351 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature