Journal article
Turning the tide on sex and the microbiota in aquatic animals
Hydrobiologia, Vol.850(17), pp.3823-3835
10/2023
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-022-04862-4
PMCID: PMC10468917
PMID: 37662671
Abstract
Abstract
Sex-based differences in animal microbiota are increasingly recognized as of biological importance. While most animal biomass is found in aquatic ecosystems and many water-dwelling species are of high economic and ecological value, biological sex is rarely included as an explanatory variable in studies of the aquatic animal microbiota. In this opinion piece, we argue for greater consideration of host sex in studying the microbiota of aquatic animals, emphasizing the many advancements that this information could provide in the life sciences, from the evolution of sex to aquaculture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Turning the tide on sex and the microbiota in aquatic animals
- Creators
- Kieran A. Bates - University of OxfordChelsea Higgins - University of IowaMaurine Neiman - University of IowaKayla C. King - University of Oxford
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Hydrobiologia, Vol.850(17), pp.3823-3835
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10750-022-04862-4
- PMID
- 37662671
- PMCID
- PMC10468917
- NLM abbreviation
- Hydrobiologia
- ISSN
- 0018-8158
- eISSN
- 1573-5117
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100010365, name: St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford, award: Junior Research Fellowship; DOI: 10.13039/501100000781, name: European Research Council, award: COEVOPRO 802242
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/05/2022
- Date published
- 10/2023
- Academic Unit
- Office Of The Provost; Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies; Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984274716702771
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