Our group at Uppsala University studies the microbiomes of wildlife, examining how these diverse microbial communities influence the ecology and evolution of their animal hosts. We also frequently investigate the diets of animals by sequencing different genetic targets. We employ various genetic approaches, such as hologenomics, metagenomics, and metabarcoding.
Elin Videvall
Key Publications
• Nicholas M Fountain-Jones, Tatiana Giraud, Lucie Zinger, Holly Bik, Simon Creer, Elin Videvall. (2023) Molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: common pitfalls, methodological advances and future directions. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17223
• Sarah F Worsley, Elin Videvall, Xavier A Harrison, Johannes R Björk, Florent Mazel, Klara M Wanelik. (2024) Probing the functional significance of wild animal microbiomes using omics data. Functional Ecology. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.14650
• Elin Videvall, Brian A Gill, Michael B Brown, Hannah K Hoff, Bethan L Littleford-Colquhoun, Peter Lokeny, Paul M Musili, Tyler R Kartzinel. (2025) Diet-microbiome covariation across three giraffe species in a close-contact zone. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03480
• Aoife Leonard, Earth Hologenome Initiative consortium [includes Elin Videvall], Antton Alberdi. (2024) A global initiative for ecological and evolutionary hologenomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.005
• Elin Videvall, Hanna M Bensch, Anel Engelbrecht, Schalk Cloete, Charlie K Cornwallis. (2023) Coprophagy rapidly matures juvenile gut microbiota in a precocial bird. Evolution Letters. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad021