Excrement collected worldwide shows co-evolution of herbivores, their gut microbes
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 16:01
in Biology & Nature
An extensive study on excrement and rumen fluids in plant-eating mammals from all over the whole world shows that the ciliates in their guts have evolved in parallel with them. This is the result of a five-year research project performed by evolution biologists, microbiologists and computer scientists.