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Table 1 PERMANOVA of microbiome dissimilarities across three gut regions

From: Early-life gut dysbiosis linked to juvenile mortality in ostriches

 

Ileum

Cecum

Colon

BC

wUF

BC

wUF

BC

wUF

Disease

15.5 ***

8.2 ***

10.8 ***

11.7 ***

7.9 ***

18.2 ***

Age

2.1 *

0.8

5.7 ***

3.0 **

7.1 ***

5.8 ***

Age2

1.6 *

0.5

2.8 ***

4.8 ***

3.5 ***

3.1 **

Group

3.1

4.9

2.8

1.9

3.0

2.2

Sex

0.6

0.3

1.1

0.8

1.1

0.8

Time since death

0.8

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.9

  1. Effect sizes are displayed as R2 values in percentage with the number of stars indicating level of statistical significance, ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. BC = Bray–Curtis distances, wUF = weighted UniFrac distances
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