Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota

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Year: 2018
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Volume: 555
Issue: 7695
Pages: 210-215
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                                    Daphna Rothschild, 
                                
                                    Omer Weissbrod, 
                                
                                    Elad Barkan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota. 
                            Nature
                            , 555
                            (7695)
                            , 210-215.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25973
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature25973

Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota

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