Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms

Microbes in the gastrointestinal tract are under selective pressure to manipulate host eating behavior to increase their fitness, sometimes at the expense of host fitness. Microbes may do this through two potential strategies: (i) generating cravings for foods that they specialize on or foods that s...

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Published in:	BioEssays Vol. 36; no. 10; pp. 940 - 949
Main Authors:	Alcock, Joe, Maley, Carlo C., Aktipis, C. Athena
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2014 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc WILEY Periodicals, Inc
Subjects:	Animals Antibiotics Biological Evolution cravings Eating behavior evolutionary conflict Feeding Behavior Food Gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology host manipulation Humans microbiome Microbiota Models, Biological Nutrition education obesity Obesity - etiology Prospects & Overviews Toxins microbiota evolutionary conflict cravings microbiome obesity host manipulation
ISSN:	0265-9247, 1521-1878, 1521-1878
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