A bird's-eye view of phylosymbiosis: weak signatures of phylosymbiosis among all 15 species of cranes.

ABSTRACT: In numerous animal clades, the evolutionary history of host species drives patterns of gut microbial community structure, resulting in more divergent microbiota with increasing phylogenetic distance between hosts. This phenomenon, termed phylosymbiosis, has been observed in diverse evolutionary lineages, but has been difficult to detect in birds. Previous tests of phylosymbiosis among birds have been conducted using wild individuals, and thus interspecific differences in diet and environment may have masked a phylogenetic signal. Therefore, we tested for phylosymbiosis among all 15 species of cranes (family Gruidae) housed in the same captive environment and maintained on identical diets. 16S rRNA sequencing revealed that crane species harbour distinct gut microbiota. Overall, we detected

SUBMITTER: Trevelline BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7126031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature