*2.6. Statistical Analysis*

All statistical analysis was performed in R. Data were tested for normality with a *Shapiro Wilk* test. Normally distributed data were analyzed by *Student's t*-test or *ANOVA* (with *Tukey's HSD*). Non-normally distributed data were transformed using squared transforms; data that remained non-normally distributed were analyzed by a *Kruskal–Wallis* test followed by *Dunn's* tests with *Benjamini and Hochberg* correction. Unless otherwise stated, \* = *p* < 0.05, \*\* = *p* < 0.01, \*\*\* *p* < 0.001, NS = non-significant (*p* > 0.05). For box plots, the center hinge represents the median, with the upper and lower hinges representing the first and third quartiles; whiskers represent 1.5 times the interquartile range.

#### **3. Results**
