Table 1 PERMANOVA results based on BC dissimilarity and WU distances between different age groups. P values less than 0.05 are shown in bold

Main model

F

p

F

p

2.8812

0.0001

2.4215

0.0001

Pairwise comparisons

Groups

t

p

t

p

ZF juvenile at day 5 vs ZF adults

2.001

0.0001

2.0419

0.0003

ZF juvenile at day 10 vs ZF adults

2.032

0.0001

1.7338

0.0051

ZF juvenile at day 35 vs ZF adults

2.007

0.0002

1.5525

0.0173

ZF juvenile at day 100 vs ZF adults

1.371

0.0141

1.4408

0.0311

ZF juvenile at day 5 vs ZF juvenile at day 10

1.090

0.2158

0.9074

0.5666

ZF juvenile at day 5 vs ZF juvenile at day 35

1.521

0.0014

1.4793

0.0255

ZF juvenile at day 5 vs ZF juvenile at day 100

1.705

0.0002

1.868

0.0014

ZF juvenile at day 10 vs ZF juvenile at day 35

1.620

0.0004

1.2525

0.109

ZF juvenile at day 10 vs ZF juvenile at day 100

1.797

0.0001

1.6676

0.0037

ZF juvenile at day 35 vs ZF juvenile at day 100

1.509

0.0029

1.2875

0.0971

Main model

F

p

F

p

3.1828

0.0001

3.4155

0.0001

Pairwise comparisons

Groups

t

p

t

p

BF juvenile at day 5 vs adults

2.1535

0.0001

2.3876

0.0004

BF juvenile at day 10 vs adults

2.134

0.0001

1.8493

0.0043

BF juvenile at day 35 vs adults

2.3217

0.0001

2.3091

0.0011

BF juvenile at day 100 vs adults

1.437

0.0113

1.3664

0.0698

BF juvenile at day 5 vs BF juvenile at day 10

1.0995

0.2054

1.1981

0.1552

BF juvenile at day 5 vs BF juvenile at day 35

1.5001

0.0013

1.6218

0.0152

BF juvenile at day 5 vs BF juvenile at day 100

1.9234

0.0001

2.2347

0.0005

BF juvenile at day 10 vs BF juvenile at day 35

1.3442

0.0163

1.2775

0.1037

BF juvenile at day 10 vs BF juvenile at day 100

1.7904

0.0002

1.7385

0.0097

BF juvenile at day 35 vs BF juvenile at day 100

1.9065

0.0001

2.1895

0.0007