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Fig. 2 | Microbiome

Fig. 2

From: Timing matters: age-dependent impacts of the social environment and host selection on the avian gut microbiota

Fig. 2

Ontogenetic changes in alpha diversity. The changes in A Shannon’s diversity index across zebra finch ontogeny, B Faith’s phylogenetic diversity index across zebra finch ontogeny, C Shannon’s diversity index across Bengalese finch ontogeny and D Faith’s phylogenetic diversity index across Bengalese finch ontogeny. The only adult samples included in this analyses are the ones collected at the post-breeding stage (i.e. when their juveniles reach sexual maturity). The significant differences were determined based on the linear mixed model at p values ≤ 0.05 (*), p ≤ 0.01 (**) and p ≤ 0.001 (***). The lines within the box plots indicate the medians, and the lower and upper boundaries of the boxes indicate the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. Whiskers above and below the boxes correspond to 1.5 times the interquartile range (IQR) above and below the 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively

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