Host's genetic background determines the outcome of reciprocal faecal transplantation on life-history traits and microbiome composition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microbes play a role in their host's fundamental ecological, chemical, and physiological processes. Host life-history traits from defence to growth are therefore determined not only by the abiotic environment and genotype but also by microbiota composition. However, the relative importance and interactive effects of these factors may vary between organisms. Such connections remain particularly elusive in Lepidoptera, which have been argued to lack a permanent microbiome and have microbiota primarily determined by their diet and environment. We tested the microbiome specificity and its influence on life-history traits of two colour genotypes of the wood tiger moth (Arctia plantaginis) that differ in several traits, including growth. All individuals were grown in the labor

SUBMITTER: Juottonen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789590 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature