ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
On the evolutionary significance of wild animal reproductive microbiomes
Our view of microbes has recently undergone a paradigm shift (the so-called ‘microbiome revolution’). Previously seen as unwanted harbingers of disease, it is now widely recognised that microbes can be beneficial and that the millions of microbes living in and on the bodies of animals and plants (i.e., the microbiome) can have profound effects on host biology. However, with the exception of the human vaginal microbiome, the microbiome revolution has largely overlooked the reproductive microbiome. This is especially true for wild animals. Yet, if we are to understand the evolutionary significance of host-associated microbiomes it is critical to study them in natural populations, where hosts…
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