Figure 2: Influences of host genetic factors on the sputum microbiota.
From: Analysis of the association between host genetics, smoking, and sputum microbiota in healthy humans
(a) Bray-Curtis distances between the sputum microbiota of monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs, dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs, family members of the twin pairs, and unrelated individuals belonging to the various twin families (mean ± s.e.m.; *P < 0.05 for two sample t-test via 1,000 Monte Carlo permutations). (b) Heritability estimates (H2r) of sputum microbial taxa (mean ± s.e.m.). Genera with significant heritability (H2r > 0.3) are shown.
