A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins
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Summary
The faecal microbial communities of adult female monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs concordant for leanness or obesity, and their mothers are characterized to address how host genotype, environmental exposure and host adiposity influence the gut microbiome.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2008-11-30
- Cited by
- 7,810
- References
- 41
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2149573313
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:1475612
Keywords
Microbiome, Biology, Metagenomics, Gut flora, Genetics
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