Gut microbiome in two high-altitude bird populations showed heterogeneity in sex and life stage

• DOI: 10.1093/femsmc/xtae020
• Publication Date: 2024-07-03T05:20:25Z
• Authors: Mingwan Sun; Naerhulan Halimub...; Baozhu Fang; José O Valdebenito; Xieyang Xu; Samuel K Sheppard; Tamás Székely; Tongzuo Zhang; Shunfu He; Rong Lu; Stephen Ward; Araxi O Urrutia; Yang Liu
• Keywords: Gut microbiome

Gut microbiotas have important impacts on host health, reproductive success, and survival. While extensive research in mammals has identified the exogenous (e.g. environment) endogenous phylogeny, sex, age) factors that shape gut microbiota composition functionality, yet avian systems remain comparatively less understood. Shorebirds, characterized by a well-resolved phylogeny diverse life-history traits, present an ideal model for dissecting modulating dynamics. Here, we provide insight into of two high-altitude (ca. 3200 m above sea level) breeding populations Kentish plover (