Role of the Gut Microbiome in Vertebrate Evolution

ABSTRACT Darwin referred to life as a struggle. Organisms compete for limited resources in nature, and their traits influence the outcome. Victory carries great weight as winners survive, reproduce, and progenate subsequent generations. Consequently, organismal traits that influence fitness drive ad...

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Autor principal:	Thomas J. Sharpton
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2018
Materias:	coevolution evolution metabolome metagenome microbiome vertebrates Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b7633b9493c64fd2b8073ad880d9afe62021-12-02T18:15:47ZRole of the Gut Microbiome in Vertebrate Evolution10.1128/mSystems.00174-172379-5077https://doaj.org/article/b7633b9493c64fd2b8073ad880d9afe62018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00174-17https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077ABSTRACT Darwin referred to life as a struggle. Organisms compete for limited resources in nature, and their traits influence the outcome. Victory carries great weight as winners survive, reproduce, and progenate subsequent generations. Consequently, organismal traits that influence fitness drive adaptation and their discovery clarifies evolution. Recent research implicates the vertebrate gut microbiome as an agent of fitness, selection, and evolution. Going forward, we must define the functional effects of the gut microbiome to determine how it impacts evolution. Specifically, we must quantify how gut microbiome function diversifies in concert with vertebrate radiation and resolve specific functions that influence natural selection. In so doing, we can discover and potentially capitalize upon the mechanisms by which our gut microbiomes impact our physiology and fitness. Ultimately, we may come to find that while life involves struggle, it also depends upon cooperation.Thomas J. SharptonAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticlecoevolutionevolutionmetabolomemetagenomemicrobiomevertebratesMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2018)
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description	ABSTRACT Darwin referred to life as a struggle. Organisms compete for limited resources in nature, and their traits influence the outcome. Victory carries great weight as winners survive, reproduce, and progenate subsequent generations. Consequently, organismal traits that influence fitness drive adaptation and their discovery clarifies evolution. Recent research implicates the vertebrate gut microbiome as an agent of fitness, selection, and evolution. Going forward, we must define the functional effects of the gut microbiome to determine how it impacts evolution. Specifically, we must quantify how gut microbiome function diversifies in concert with vertebrate radiation and resolve specific functions that influence natural selection. In so doing, we can discover and potentially capitalize upon the mechanisms by which our gut microbiomes impact our physiology and fitness. Ultimately, we may come to find that while life involves struggle, it also depends upon cooperation.
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Role of the Gut Microbiome in Vertebrate Evolution

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