Microbiomes, Community Ecology, and the Comparative Method

ABSTRACT Microbiomes contain many levels of biological information, and integrating across the levels creates a holistic understanding of host-microbiome interactions. In my research on the evolution and ecology of avian microbiomes, I use two complementary frameworks: the microbiome as a community...

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Autor principal:	Sarah M. Hird
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2019
Materias:	community ecology comparative methods evolution microbiome Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9cc1155079294cc7a3beb05cfe8251922021-12-02T18:44:39ZMicrobiomes, Community Ecology, and the Comparative Method10.1128/mSystems.00112-192379-5077https://doaj.org/article/9cc1155079294cc7a3beb05cfe8251922019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00112-19https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077ABSTRACT Microbiomes contain many levels of biological information, and integrating across the levels creates a holistic understanding of host-microbiome interactions. In my research on the evolution and ecology of avian microbiomes, I use two complementary frameworks: the microbiome as a community and the microbiome as a trait of the host. We draw on classic ecological and evolutionary theory and modern statistical models to advance our understanding in each of these frameworks and then integrate what we have learned into a better understanding of host-associated microbiomes, host evolution, and microbial biodiversity. Ecological theories that bear on processes such as community assembly and metacommunities are well suited for application to microbiomes. Phylogenetic comparative methods can quantify the fit of evolutionary models and detect correlations between traits and correlations between traits and the rate of evolution; these methods allow the inference of evolutionary process from contemporary patterns.Sarah M. HirdAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticlecommunity ecologycomparative methodsevolutionmicrobiomeMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 4, Iss 3 (2019)
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description	ABSTRACT Microbiomes contain many levels of biological information, and integrating across the levels creates a holistic understanding of host-microbiome interactions. In my research on the evolution and ecology of avian microbiomes, I use two complementary frameworks: the microbiome as a community and the microbiome as a trait of the host. We draw on classic ecological and evolutionary theory and modern statistical models to advance our understanding in each of these frameworks and then integrate what we have learned into a better understanding of host-associated microbiomes, host evolution, and microbial biodiversity. Ecological theories that bear on processes such as community assembly and metacommunities are well suited for application to microbiomes. Phylogenetic comparative methods can quantify the fit of evolutionary models and detect correlations between traits and correlations between traits and the rate of evolution; these methods allow the inference of evolutionary process from contemporary patterns.
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title	Microbiomes, Community Ecology, and the Comparative Method
title_short	Microbiomes, Community Ecology, and the Comparative Method
title_full	Microbiomes, Community Ecology, and the Comparative Method
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publisher	American Society for Microbiology
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Microbiomes, Community Ecology, and the Comparative Method

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