Author: Luis, Angela D.; O'Shea, Thomas J.; Hayman, David T. S.; Wood, James L. N.; Cunningham, Andrew A.; Gilbert, Amy T.; Mills, James N.; Webb, Colleen T.
Title: Network analysis of host–virus communities in bats and rodents reveals determinants of cross-species transmission Document date: 2015_8_24
ID: yqc8r3ll_46
Snippet: Previous studies hypothesised frugivory as an important viral transmission mechanism among bats and from bats to other species, because virus has been isolated from partially eaten fruit, which is often shared and dropped to the ground (Chua et al. 2002; Dobson 2005) . Our study is consistent with that hypothesis, with frugivores hosting more viruses than nectivores, insectivores and sanguivores. However, diet is strongly correlated with phylogen.....
Document: Previous studies hypothesised frugivory as an important viral transmission mechanism among bats and from bats to other species, because virus has been isolated from partially eaten fruit, which is often shared and dropped to the ground (Chua et al. 2002; Dobson 2005) . Our study is consistent with that hypothesis, with frugivores hosting more viruses than nectivores, insectivores and sanguivores. However, diet is strongly correlated with phylogeny, and the best model using MCMC glmm only included phylogeny. Therefore, these results could indicate the importance of diet or, alternatively, some other factor correlated with phylogeny, such as immunological functioning, for example.
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