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. 2023 Aug 3;17:1190272. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1190272

TABLE 3B.

Post-hoc t-test results for Rough-and-Tumble Play induced 50-kHz USV in pairs of juvenile female HET and WT rats.

SAME GENOTYPE CAGE MATES
        Pair

First play partner
WT-WT HET-HET t-test
(WT-WT vs. HET-HET)
HET-WT WT-HET t-test
(WT-WT vs. HET-HET)
Same-genotype 233.4 + 8.1 159.3 + 26.5 t17 = 3.751, p = 0.002* 245.6 + 22.3 279.7 + 14.7 t18 = 0.777, p = 0.447
Opposite-genotype 278.4 + 46.6 275.6 + 17.4 t8 = 2.050, p = 0.075 243.1 + 9.9 256.2 + 16.9 t7 = 3.305, p = 0.013*
t-test (same vs. opposite) t8 = 2.437, p = 0.041* t7 = 3.810, p = 0.007* t8 = 0.102, p = 0.922 t8 = 1.054, p = 0.323
MIXED GENOTYPE CAGE MATES
        Pair

First play partner
WT-WT HET-HET t-test
(WT-WT vs. HET-HET)
HET-WT WT-HET t-test
(WT-WT vs. HET-HET)
Same-genotype 251.0 + 15.4 209.8 + 29.7 t18 = 0.986, p = 0.337 265.0 + 22.7 283.8 + 12.9 t18 = 2.537, p = 0.021*
Opposite-genotype 259.6 + 26.3 245.9 + 15.8 t8 = 0.493, p = 0.635 236.6 + 6.0 241.2 + 10.8 t8 = 0.407, p = 0.695
t-test (same vs. opposite) t8 = 0.280, p = 0.787 t8 = 1.071, p = 0.316 t8 = 1.207, p = 0.262 t8 = 2.539, p = 0.035*

All data are shown as mean number of calls per min + SEM.

*Indicates a significant difference of p < 0.050. Section “3.3.2. Effects of the First Play Partner and Genotype of the Cage Mate on 50-kHz USV.”