Sex Differences in Intestinal Microbial Composition and Function of Hainan Special Wild Boar
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Animals and Sample Collection
2.2. DNA Extraction and PCR Amplification
2.3. 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and Sequence Splicing
2.4. Species Annotation and Taxonomic Analysis
2.5. Diversity Analysis and Significant Difference Analysis between Groups
2.6. Predictive Analysis of Functional Genes
3. Results
3.1. OTU Clustering and Species Taxonomy Analysis
3.2. Comparison of Fecal Microorganisms among Three Groups of Pigs
3.3. Differences of Microbial Function among Three Groups of Pigs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Wen, Q.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Tan, Z.; Wu, K. Sex Differences in Intestinal Microbial Composition and Function of Hainan Special Wild Boar. Animals 2020, 10, 1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091553
Wang X, Zhang Y, Wen Q, Wang Y, Wang Z, Tan Z, Wu K. Sex Differences in Intestinal Microbial Composition and Function of Hainan Special Wild Boar. Animals. 2020; 10(9):1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091553
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Xiaozhe, Ying Zhang, Qiong Wen, Ying Wang, Zhixin Wang, Zhen Tan, and Kebang Wu. 2020. "Sex Differences in Intestinal Microbial Composition and Function of Hainan Special Wild Boar" Animals 10, no. 9: 1553. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091553