Geographical Relationships between Long-Tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) Populations Based on Gut Microbiome Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. Microbiota Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Biodiversity Patterns
3.2. Site-Relational Network Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Biodiversity and Regional Relationships
4.2. Home Range, Dispersal, and Migration
4.3. Site-Relational Network Analysis and Regional Migration
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Park, C.E.; Cho, B.-J.; Kim, M.-J.; Park, H.C.; Shin, J.-H. Geographical Relationships between Long-Tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) Populations Based on Gut Microbiome Analysis. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 2002. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9092002
Park CE, Cho B-J, Kim M-J, Park HC, Shin J-H. Geographical Relationships between Long-Tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) Populations Based on Gut Microbiome Analysis. Microorganisms. 2021; 9(9):2002. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9092002
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Chang Eon, Bum-Joon Cho, Min-Ji Kim, Hee Cheon Park, and Jae-Ho Shin. 2021. "Geographical Relationships between Long-Tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) Populations Based on Gut Microbiome Analysis" Microorganisms 9, no. 9: 2002. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9092002