A5028666335- Gut microbiota and health
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Plant and animal studies
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Indiana University Bloomington
2023-2025
University of Kentucky
2022-2023
Summary We aggregated digitized herbarium and other collection records—spanning >225 years since 1795—to assess the biological, geographical, historical factors shaping distributions of three wild tomato species on Galápagos Islands, to infer future threats two endemic ( Solanum cheesmaniae S. galapagense ) risks posed by their invasive congener pimpinellifolium ). Combining >400 unique geolocated records with bioclimate data distribution modelling, we quantified geo-spatial each...
Mammals harbor diverse gut microbiomes (GMs) that perform critical functions for host health and fitness. Identifying factors associated with GM variation can help illuminate the role of microbial symbionts in mediating ecological interactions evolutionary processes, including diversification adaptation. Many mammals demonstrate phylosymbiosis-a pattern which more closely-related species similar GMs-while others show overwhelming influences diet habitat. Here, we generated 16S rRNA sequence...
ABSTRACT Gut prokaryotic (GP) community variation is often associated with host evolutionary and ecological variables; whether these factors drive in other gut taxa remains largely untested. We present a one-to-one comparison of GP (16S rRNA metabarcoding) microeukaryotic (GME) (18S patterning among 12 species lemurs. Lemurs were sampled from dry forests rainforests southeastern Madagascar display range phylogenetic diversity. found that while lemur GPs vary taxonomy, diet, habitat, GMEs...