Molecular techniques and their limitations shape our view of the holobiont.
Evolutionary inference
Holobiont
Imaging
Metagenomic sequencing
Model system
Multi-omics
Journal
Zoology (Jena, Germany)
ISSN: 1873-2720
Titre abrégé: Zoology (Jena)
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9435608
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2019
12 2019
Historique:
received:
29
03
2019
revised:
08
07
2019
accepted:
12
07
2019
pubmed:
24
11
2019
medline:
17
6
2020
entrez:
24
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
It is now recognised that the biology of almost any organism cannot be fully understood without recognising the existence and potential functional importance of associated microbes. Arguably, the emergence of this holistic viewpoint may never have occurred without the development of a crucial molecular technique, 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing, which allowed microbial communities to be easily profiled across a broad range of contexts. A diverse array of molecular techniques are now used to profile microbial communities, infer their evolutionary histories, visualise them in host tissues, and measure their molecular activity. In this review, we examine each of these categories of measurement and inference with a focus on the questions they make tractable, and the degree to which their capabilities and limitations shape our view of the holobiont.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31759226
pii: S0944-2006(19)30053-4
doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2019.125695
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
125695Informations de copyright
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