Leveraging host-genetics and gut microbiota to determine immunocompetence in pigs.

Yuliaxis Ramayo-CaldasLaura M ZingarettiDavid Pérez-PascualPamela A AlexandreAntonio ReverterAntoni DalmauRaquel QuintanillaMaria Ballester

Published in: Animal microbiome (2021)

Overall, our findings reveal an important connection between gut microbiota composition and immunity traits in pigs, and highlight the need to consider both sources of information, host genome and microbial levels, to accurately characterize immunocompetence in pigs.

Keyphrases

genome wide
microbial community
dna methylation
gene expression
social media