Fig. 8
From: Vertically transmitted microbiome protects eggs from fungal infection and egg failure
Mean (± SE) A incubation time, B body mass, and C SVL of hatchlings that emerged from dissected and oviposited S. virgatus eggs. In 2017, eggs were incubated in vermiculite inoculated with a soil slurry from the native range of S. virgatus. In 2019, eggs were incubated in vermiculite inoculated either with a fungal suspension derived from fungus that had infected failed S. virgatus eggs, or with sterile water. The dashed lined separates results from 2017 and 2019. Hatchlings from dissected and oviposited eggs did not differ in incubation size, but did significantly differ in mass and length