Fig. 5
From: A primary insight into gut microbiome, MicroRNA and stemness, in a PCOS rat model
Boxplot of alpha diversity (Shannon index) and beta-diversity of the gut microbiome in both Control and PCOS rats. A) Alpha diversity indices, represented by the Shannon index, quantify the species richness and evenness within the microbiota from a designated number of individual samples. A higher index value indicates greater diversity within the sequenced microbial community. B) Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) based on unweighted and weighted UniFrac, as well as Bray-Curtis distances, evaluates the similarity between microbiome samples from the two groups. Samples that cluster more closely in the plot are more similar in microbial composition than those that are further apart. Data represent averages from 18 rats per group. Statistical significance of differences was determined using an independent two-sample t-test