«Metabolomics is now often used to accompany large genomic cohort studies from biobanks, to correlate genotype and genomic variants with specific phenotypes, to
complement nutritional studies monitoring food components or endogenous metabolites, or to support measurements in epidemiology studies,» says Andreas Huhmer, director of proteomics and metabolomics marketing at Thermo Fisher Scientific, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
«There is strong evidence that animals try to forage as effectively as possible to meet their
nutritional needs, mixing dietary items to provide a full
complement of nutrients,» writes primatologist Jessica Rothman of the City University Of New York's Hunter College, who was not involved in the
study, in an e-mail.