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TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 220-234Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.11.004
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- Research Council of Norway [230434]
- Oxford-Merton-NaturalMotion Scholarship (UK)
- Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)
- BBSRC [BB/L009587/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- NERC [NE/H008047/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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All multicellular organisms host microbial communities in and on their bodies, and these micro-biomes can have major influences on host biology. Most research has focussed on the oral, skin, and gut microbiomes, whereas relatively little is known about the reproductive micro-biome. Here, we review empirical evidence to showthat reproductive microbiomes can have significant effects on the reproductive function and performance of males and females. We then discuss the likely repercussions of these effects for evolutionary processes related to sexual selection and sexual conflict, as well as mating systems and reproductive isolation. We argue that knowledge of the reproductive microbiome is fundamental to our understanding of the evolutionary ecology of reproductive strategies and sexual dynamics of host organisms.
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