Maternal transmission of bacterial microbiota during embryonic development in a viviparous lizard
Nina Montoya-Ciriaco,
Stephanie Hereira-Pacheco,
Arturo Estrada-Torres
et al.
Abstract:The maternal transmission of microbiota during embryonic development of vertebrates is still poorly understood. Here, we used high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA bacterial genes to determine the bacterial communities in the gastrointestinal tract and amniotic environment, i.e., the amniotic fluid, amniotic membrane and extraembryonic yolk, of embryos at the last stage of development of the viviparous lizard
Sceloporus grammicus
Wiegmann, 1828. We compared these communities to tho… Show more
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