TABLE 3C.
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 | ||||||
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Pair
Session |
WT-WT | HET-HET | ||||
| WT | HET | t-test | WT | HET | t-test | |
| 1 | 42.5 + 2.1 | 53.4 + 4.7 | t8 = 2.109, p = 0.068 | 54.5 + 3.7 | 26.7 + 2.9 | t8 = 5.940, p < 0.001* |
| 2 | 47.7 + 2.5 | 55.7 + 3.0 | t8 = 2.050, p = 0.075 | 58.8 + 4.1 | 33.8 + 6.8 | t7 = 3.305, p = 0.013* |
| 3 | 49.8 + 1.3 | 57.9 + 2.9 | t8 = 2.550, p = 0.034* | 52.0 + 4.0 | 35.7 + 4.7 | t8 = 2.642, p = 0.030* |
|
Pair
Session |
WT-HET | HET-WT | ||||
| WT | HET | t-test | WT | HET | t-test | |
| 1 | 47.5 + 5.5 | 46.4 + 2.9 | t8 = 0.170, p = 0.869 | 42.4 + 2.7 | 54.3 + 3.6 | t8 = 2.655, p = 0.029* |
| 2 | 62.9 + 3.7 | 53.8 + 4.3 | t8 = 1.603, p = 0.148 | 51.8 + 2.3 | 48.5 + 5.6 | t8 = 0.549, p = 0.598 |
| 3 | 57.5 + 2.6 | 53.4 + 5.2 | t8 = 0.689, p = 0.510 | 51.7 + 1.6 | 44.6 + 5.4 | t8 = 1.267, p = 0.241 |
| MIXED GENOTYPE CAGE MATES | ||||||
|
Pair
Session |
WT-WT | HET-HET | ||||
| WT | HET | t-test | WT | HET | t-test | |
| 1 | 43.7 + 3.7 | 49.7 + 5.0 | t8 = 0.962, p = 0.364 | 45.0 + 4.3 | 32.0 + 7.4 | t8 = 1.515, p = 0.168 |
| 2 | 52.3 + 2.6 | 55.4 + 5.8 | t8 = 0.493, p = 0.635 | 50.5 + 3.0 | 48.0 + 5.3 | t8 = 0.407, p = 0.695 |
| 3 | 54.6 + 3.5 | 50.6 + 5.7 | t8 = 0.600, p = 0.565 | 52.0 + 4.5 | 45.8 + 6.0 | t8 = 0.829, p = 0.431 |
|
Pair
Session |
WT-HET | HET-WT | ||||
| WT | HET | t-test | WT | HET | t-test | |
| 1 | 42.7 + 2.7 | 50.2 + 5.0 | t8 = 1.330, p = 0.220 | 56.0 + 4.1 | 42.0 + 4.5 | t8 = 2.292, p = 0.051 |
| 2 | 48.0 + 2.1 | 55.6 + 4.5 | t8 = 1.529, p = 0.165 | 59.6 + 2.5 | 51.3 + 2.0 | t8 = 2.532, p = 0.034* |
| 3 | 51.3 + 1.6 | 53.2 + 4.3 | t8 = 0.412, p = 0.691 | 54.7 + 4.4 | 51.4 + 2.5 | t8 = 0.663, p = 0.526 |
All data are shown as mean number of calls per min + SEM.
*Indicates a significant difference of p < 0.050. Section “3.3.3.1. Effects of the First Play Partner and Genotype of the Cage Mate on 50-kHz USV Across Play Sessions.”