Intestinal Microbiota and Host Cooperate for Adaptation as a Hologenome
Hao Zhou, Lingyu Yang, Jinmei Ding, Ronghua Dai, Chuan He, Ke Xu, Lingxiao Luo, Lu Xiao, Yuming Zheng, Chengxiao Han, Fisayo T. Akinyemi, Christa F. Honaker, Yan Zhang, P.B. Siegel, He Meng
Abstract
The hologenome concept has broadened our perspectives for studying host-microbe coevolution. The multiomic analyses reported here involved two lines of chickens, from a common founder population, that had undergone long-term selection for high (HWS) or low (LWS) 56-day body weight.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyEpigeneticsDNA methylationPopulationGeneticsHolobiontDownregulation and upregulationMethylationmicroRNAMicrobiomeGeneGene expressionBacteriaSymbiosisDemographySociologyGut microbiota and healthGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock