Social groups constrain the spatiotemporal dynamics of wild sifaka gut microbiomes
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- 1. The University of Texas at Austin
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Primates acquire gut microbiota from conspecifics through direct social contact and shared environmental exposures. Host behavior is a prominent force in structuring gut microbial communities, yet the extent to which group or individual-level forces shape the long-term dynamics of gut microbiota is poorly understood. We investigated the effects of three aspects of host sociality (social groupings, dyadic interactions, and individual dispersal between groups) on gut microbiome composition and plasticity in 58 wild Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) from six social groups. Over the course of three dry seasons in a five-year period, the six social groups maintained distinct gut microbial signatures, with the taxonomic composition of individual communities changing in tandem among co-residing group members. Samples collected from group members during each season were more similar than samples collected from single individuals across different years. In addition, new immigrants and individuals with less stable social ties exhibited elevated rates of microbiome turnover across seasons. Our results suggest that permanent social groupings shape the changing composition of commensal and mutualistic gut microbial communities and thus may be important drivers of health and resilience in wild primate populations.
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The README.md file contains information on R scripts and inputs to reproduce the main results and figures in the associated manuscript referenced above. The data dictionary file (perofsky_2021_mol_ecol_data_dictionary.xlsx) defines variables in each dataset ("Column"), allowable values for variables ("Value"), whether variables contain sample or host information ("Category"), and variable definitions ("Explanation").
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