Ecology, not host phylogeny, shapes the oral microbiome in closely related species of gorillas
M. Moraitou, A. Forsythe, J. A. Fellows Yates, J. C. Brealey, C. Warinner, K. Guschanski
This study shows that ecology, not evolutionary relationships, shapes the oral microbiome in closely related gorilla subspecies using shotgun metagenomics of museum-preserved dental calculus.
bioRxiv · Jun 6, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology