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Figure 2 | Microbiome

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From: Cross-fostering immediately after birth induces a permanent microbiota shift that is shaped by the nursing mother

Figure 2

Grouping of fecal bacterial groups from mice nursed by a NOD or NOR mother, each quadrant is labeled with NOD or NOR, indicating nursing mother. PCoA plots were generated from bacterial DNA that was isolated from mouse fecal material and the V4 segment of the 16S rRNA gene was amplified from fecal pellets from mice nursed by NOD and NOR mothers. Group clustering represents a difference in β-diversity between mice nursed by NOD or NOR mothers. (A, B) Experiment 1 included NOD (n = 8) and NOR (n = 8) mice, and experiment 2 had NOD (n = 12) and NOR (n = 16) mice. Significant differences (P < 0.05) in beta diversity were calculated using compare_categories.py using the PERMANOVA test.

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