🐔🦠This study shows how variation in feed efficiency in chickens are driven by both host genetics and the gut microbiota. These gut microbiota and host genetic features can both be targeted for selective breeding to improve feed efficiency in chickens. http
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"These findings suggest agreement with the #holobiont theory, where variations in the genome and microbiome can cause variations in host complex traits on which artificial selection and microbial regulation can act" https://t.co/8Jpjms9Tmd
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Joint contributions of the gut microbiota and host genetics to feed efficiency in chickens https://t.co/zRmX0ue9M6
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Joint contributions of the gut microbiota and host genetics to feed efficiency in chickens https://t.co/cIBlqYNsjr