Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

Giant pandas and red pandas are endangered species with similar specialized bamboo diet
and partial sympatric distribution in China. Over the last two decades, the rapid development …

Characteristics of the gut microbiome vary synchronously with changes in host diet.
However, the underlying effects of these fluctuations remain unclear. Here, we performed …

Background The gut microbiota play important roles in host adaptation and evolution, but
are understudied in natural population of wild mammals. To address host adaptive evolution …

The gut microbiome plays an important role in a host's development and adaption to its
dietary niche. In this study, a group of bamboo-feeding insects are used to explore the …

Bamboo rats (Rhizomys pruinosus) are among the few mammals that lives on a bamboo-
based diet which is mainly composed of lignocellulose. However, the mechanisms of …

The mammal gut is a rich reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and the
relationship between bacterial communities and ARGs has been widely studied. Despite …

Convergent evolution is an important sector of evolutionary biology. High-altitude
environments are one of the extreme environments for animals, especially in the Qinghai …

Background Flavonoids are important plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) that have been
widely used for their health-promoting effects. However, little is known about overall …

The previous studies have reported that the mammalian gut microbiota is a physiological
consequence; nonetheless, the factors influencing its composition and function remain …