Shared and genus-specific impact of domestication on mammal oral microbiomes revealed through museomics
Markella Moraitou, Fawn Young, John L. Richards, Konstantina Saliari, Emmanuel Gillissen, Zena Timmons, Andrew C. Kitchener, Katerina Guschanski
This study uses dental calculus metagenomics to show that domestication affects oral microbiomes across three mammalian genera, with genus-specific variations observed.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology