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. 2020 Jan 10;9:e50631. doi: 10.7554/eLife.50631

Author response image 1. Hierarchical Rank Using a Social Confrontation Tube Test.

Author response image 1.

(A) Illustration of the general timeline of the study. (B) Example of one cage representing the tube test ranks and winning times as a function of tube test trials. (C) Summary for nine cages over the 6-day test trials. (D) Time spent in the tube (s) as a function of the rank pairing (F5,48 = 9.78, p < 0.001, one-way ANOVA; ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001, Bonferroni’s test, n = 9 per rank pairing). (E) Dominance score after agonistic behaviors in the homecage (t28 = 2.30, ∗p < 0.05, unpaired t test, two-tailed n = 15 per group). (F) 2 × 2 contingency table for correlation between agonistic behaviors and tube test ranks (Fisher’s exact test, two-tailed, p = 0.050). (G) Left: picture representing typical urine marks profile of dominant and subordinate mice revealed by a UV light source. Right: 2 × 2 contingency table for correlation between urine marking test and tube test ranks (Fisher’s exact test, two-tailed, p = 0.026, n = 26 pairs). From Larrieu et al., 2017, Curr Biol..