Fig. 2.

Differences in caecal microbiota between high and low body weight chickens.

A. Chickens (Turpan cockfighting × White Leghorn) at 7th week of age were sacrificed to perform 16S rRNA sequence of caecal microbiota (n = 10). Each group contained five male and five female chickens. Microbial community diversity (measured by the Shannon index).

B. Microbial community abundance (measured by the Chao index).

C. Beta diversity of high and low body weight chickens. MH: male with high body weight, FH: female with high body weight, ML: male with low body weight, FL: female with low body weight.

D. The composition of microbial communities at the phylum level.

E. The ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes.

F. The composition of microbial communities at the genus level.

G. LDA score for LEfSe analysis (LEfSe was done at LDA score of >2).