Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

Nat Genet. 2021 Jan 18. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-00763-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33462485
Microbial composition showed high variability across cohorts: only 9 of 410 genera were detected in more than 95% of samples. A genome-wide association study of host genetic variation regarding microbial taxa identified 31 loci affecting the microbiome at a genome-w …