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From: Gender-based differences in host behavior and gut microbiota composition in response to high fat diet and stress in a mouse model

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Schematic overview and weight tracking. (a) Overview of the experiment design showing microbiota sample collection (white boxes), dietary groups (red and blue arrows), behavioral testing (grey boxes) and stress (back box). HFD, high fat diet; NCD, normal chow diet. (b) Weight in grams of female and male mice on the NCD and HFD, showing Mean ± standard error (SE). Stars above the lines indicate significant differences between NCD and HFD in males, and stars below the lines indicated significant differences between NCD and HFD in females (p < 0.01). (c) Relative body weight in female and male mice (Mean ± SE), calculated as the weight of each HFD mouse normalized to the average weight of NCD-fed mice of the same gender at the same time point. All time points that showed significant differences between males and females are marked (p < 0.05). No significant differences were detected after Day 50. N = 14–17 per group.

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