Gut biome of monkeys found to change when they are kept in captivity
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 07:41
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that when monkeys are kept in captivity, their gut biomes become less diverse. In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team describes how they collected fecal samples from monkeys from several sites and compared DNA analysis of organisms living in their guts to learn more about the impact of a changing gut biome.