Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled the study of the human microbiome, which is the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body. The microbiome is a key component of human health and disease; many recent works have shown that the microbiome is associated with a wide range of diseases and conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and cancer.
Microbiome data features many important characteristics that need to be accounted for:
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