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Strengthening the functional research on the interaction between host genes and microbiota

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC2000504, 2017YFD0500503 and 2017YFD0501000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81770434 and 81370906) and the National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program) (2007CB513007 and 2013CB531406).

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  1. Precision Medicine Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China

    Jian Li & Hong Wei

  2. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of the Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Hong Wei

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Jun Wang

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Li, J., Wang, J. & Wei, H. Strengthening the functional research on the interaction between host genes and microbiota. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 929–932 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1650-4

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