Abstract Background Understanding human genetic influences on the gut microbiota helps elucidate the mechanisms by which genetics may influence health outcomes. Typical microbiome genome-wide association studies (GWAS) marginally assess the association between individual genetic variants and individual microbial taxa. We propose a novel approach. the covariate-adjusted kernel RV (KRV)... https://www.muttsandcoers.shop/product-category/fresh-and-raw-frozen/