supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30970378,31170503);China Postdoctoral Sciences Foundation(No.2019M662520);the State Scholarship Fund from China Scholarship Council(No.201707040024).
Food supply is one of the major drivers of animal behavior,and the gut microbiome is an important mediator be-tween food supply and its effects on physiology.However,predicting the outcome of diet change on microbiome...
We acknowledge the editors for their effort in communication between us and reviewers.Thanks to the three anonymous reviewers for their constructive criticisms which help to improve the early version of our manuscript greatly.We are grateful to Wang Haofeng,Wang Yonghong,Hou Jiafu,Kong Maocai,and Hou Xiquan for assistance in the field.We appreciate Professor Paul A.Garber(University of Illinois,USA)for his editing and suggestion on our manuscript.We especially thank the Jiyuan Administration of Taihangshan Macaque National Nature Reserve for permission and logistic support to this research.This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30970378 and 31170503).The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Sex allocation theory predicts the optimal investment to male and female offspring.However,a biased sex ratio requires explanations as to why the deviation occurs.Rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta)is the most widely distr...