16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of cloacal microbiota in Sturnus unicolor nestlings under ectoparasite manipulation
This project includes paired-end 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data from cloacal bacterial communities of wild spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings. Cloacal samples were collected during a partial cross-fostering experiment carried out in natural nests, in which the abundance of the ectoparasitic fly Carnus hemapterus was experimentally manipulated. The dataset was generated to characterize bacterial community diversity and composition in developing nestlings and to assess how microbiota variation is associated with ectoparasitism, genetic relatedness between nestlings and their social environment, and host phenotypic traits such as body size, carotenoid concentration and telomere dynamics.
This project includes paired-end 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data from cloacal bacterial communities of wild spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor) nestlings. Cloacal samples were collected during a partial cross-fostering experiment carried out in natural nests, in which the abundance of the ectoparasitic fly Carnus hemapterus was experimentally manipulated. The dataset was generated to characterize bacterial community diversity and composition in developing nestlings and to assess how microbiota variation is associated with ectoparasitism, genetic relatedness between nestlings and their social environment, and host phenotypic traits such as body size, carotenoid concentration and telomere dynamics.
estacion experimental de zonas aridas (csic)