Gut microbiome and heat tolerance plasticity in the slender anole
We used fecal samples from slender anole lizards for amplicon sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene to inventory their gut microbiome. After sample collection, we measured the heat tolerance and plasticity in heat tolerance of each individual at several timepoints. We used the amplicon sequencing data to correlate features of the gut microbiome (diversity, composition) with host heat tolerance and plasticity.