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​Image created by Ethan Tyler supports a research article describing the use of natural microbiota from wild mice to outcompete and replace conventional laboratory murine gut microbiota via cohousing laboratory mice with wildlings. This approach may yield more robust, reproducible, and generalizable mouse data in biomedical research than other models. Artwork was created with Autodesk 3ds Max and Adobe Photoshop.​​