The mammalian gut microbiome plays a profound role in the physiology, metabolism, and overall health of its host. However, biologists have only a nascent understanding of the forces that drive inter-i
In the current study, we have collected samples from three individual herds living between 1000 and 2200 m a.s.l. in a high-mountain ecosystem. For each population, both male and female animals were c
In this study, the high-throughput sequencing was used to detect the potential bacterial pathogens and infer pathogenic cross transmission between hooded crane and sympatric domestic goose in differen
