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Sep 2026
Gut microbial community assembly exhibits compartment-specific responses to selection for high body weight in female chickens
Overall, this study shows that the HBW line is associated with distinct, compartment-specific patterns of gut microbial assembly, providing a conceptual framework for considering the gut microbiota in poultry breeding strategies.
Fei Zhang, Yao Wang, Jia-Le Qian et al.
· Poultry Science · 0 citations