Table 2.

ANOSIM analysis.

	Group1	Group2	R-Value	p-Value
Dam	CH-CT	HF-CT	0.516	0.002
	CH-CT	HF-MT	0.956	0.004
	HF-CT	HF-MT	0.286	0.044
PND21 male	CH-CT	HF-CT	0.939	0.001
	CH-CT	HF-MT	0.988	0.001
	HF-CT	HF-MT	0.001	0.412
Adult male	CH-CT	HF-CT	0.539	0.004
	CH-CT	HF-MT	0.518	0.002
	HF-CT	HF-MT	0.32	0.006
PND21 female	CH-CT	HF-CT	1	0.001
	CH-CT	HF-MT	0.993	0.001
	HF-CT	HF-MT	0.204	0.05
Adult female	CH-CT	HF-CT	0.449	0.002
	CH-CT	HF-MT	0.875	0.002
	HF-CT	HF-MT	0.465	0.003

Similarity of each of the pairing groups is shown with R and p-values; R value close to 1 indicates that the differences between groups in greater than the differences within each group; p < 0.05 represents significance.