Use of Bayes factors to evaluate the effects of host genetics, litter and cage on the rabbit cecal microbiota

Table 8 Bayes factors, marginal posterior means (standard deviations) of litter variance ratio for genera and alpha-diversity indices influenced by litter effects

Trait	Mean (SD) l²	P(l² > 0.1)	\({\mathrm{BF}}_{{\mathrm{l}}^{2}}\)
Genus Butyricimonas	0.28 (0.10)	0.96	728.23
Genus Odoribacter	0.14 (0.08)	0.64	7.21
Genus Bacteroides	0.27 (0.09)	0.97	809.53
Genus Parabacteroides	0.47 (0.10)	1.00	1.50E11
Genus Rikenella	0.32 (0.08)	1.00	3.67E4
Genus Dehalobacterium	0.37 (0.10)	1.00	9.66E4
Genus Anaerofustis	0.15 (0.08)	0.68	8.80
Genus Epulopiscium	0.12 (0.07)	0.58	4.52
Genus Phascolarctobacterium	0.66 (0.07)	1.00	∞
Genus Desulfovibrio	0.17 (0.09)	0.78	16.53
Genus Campylobacter	0.16 (0.08)	0.73	11.91
Number of OTU observed	0.17 (0.09)	0.75	15.55

SD: standard deviation; \({\mathrm{BF}}_{{\mathrm{l}}^{2}}\): Bayes factor of the model with litter effects against the same model without litter effects

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