A gene catalogue of the Sprague-Dawley rat gut metagenome

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Hudan Pan · Macau University of Science and Technology

Ruijin Guo · BGI Group (China)

Jie Zhu · China National GeneBank

Qi Wang · China National GeneBank

Yanmei Ju · China National GeneBank

Ying Xie · Macau University of Science and Technology

Yanfang Zheng ·

Abstract

A comparison of rat gut metagenome catalogue with human or mouse revealed a higher pairwise overlap between rats and humans (2.47%) than between mice and humans (1.19%) at the gene level. Ninety-seven percent of the functional pathways in the human catalog were present in the rat catalogue, underscoring the potential use of rats for biomedical research.

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Gut microbiota and health Diet and metabolism studies Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

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Published in: GigaScience

Volume 7, Issue 5

DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy055

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A gene catalogue of the Sprague-Dawley rat gut metagenome

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