The influence of ethnicity and geography on human gut microbiome composition

Christopher A Gaulke¹, Thomas J Sharpton^{2

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¹ Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
² Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. thomas.sharpton@oregonstate.edu.
³ Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. thomas.sharpton@oregonstate.edu.

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Christopher A Gaulke et al. Nat Med. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;24(10):1495-1496.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0210-8.

Christopher A Gaulke¹, Thomas J Sharpton^{2

3}

¹ Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
² Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. thomas.sharpton@oregonstate.edu.
³ Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. thomas.sharpton@oregonstate.edu.

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