Fig. 7
Sex differences in Beta diversity before and after SPS. Beta diversity was assessed using Aitchison distance. Before SPS A male vs female controls, B males vs females SPS-R subgroup, C males vs females SPS-S subgroup. After SPS: D male vs female controls, E males vs females SPS-R subgroup, F males vs females SPS-S subgroup. Due to technical difficulties stool samples were not collected from every single animal. Each symbol represents the value for an individual animal. Before SPS (blue bars—males control n = 7, SPS-R n = 6, SPS-S n = 5; pink bars—females control n = 9, SPS-R n = 7, SPS-S n = 5), following SPS (blue bars—males control n = 7, SPS-R n = 6, SPS-S n = 4; pink bars—females control n = 8, SPS-R n = 8, SPS-S n = 6)