ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020
Ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying patterns of phylosymbiosis in host-associated microbial communities.
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Abstract
Phylosymbiosis, where similarities in host-associated microbial communities recapitulate the phylogeny of their hosts, is a newly recognized yet pervasive pattern in the field of host-microbe interactions. While phylosymbiosis has been documented across many systems, we still have a poor understanding of the mechanisms that underlie this emergent pattern. Host selection of the microbiome is a widely cited mechanism, yet other basic ecological and evolutionary processes (dispersal, drift and diversification) may also be at play. This paper discusses the roles that each of these processes and their interactions may play in yielding phylosymbiotic signals across hosts. Finally, this paper will identify open questions and methods that are required to better understand the relative contributions of these basic processes to phylosymbiosis. Given that phylosymbiosis has been shown to relate to functional components of host fitness, understanding the processes that contribute to these patterns will be important for our understanding of the ecology and evolution of host-microbe interactions. This article is part of the theme issue 'Conceptual challenges in microbial community ecology'.
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