Whisker biomechanics in relation to whisker displacement.

(A) Boxplot for the whisker length-base diameter ratio normalized by the mean lSO ratio. Ratios were arranged according to the semicircular configuration, which exhibited the lowest observed p-value with respect to a shuffled distribution for that configuration (semicircular, p-value = 0.018). Kruskal–Wallis test, semicircular grouping as factor [H (6, 69) = 24.07, p = 0.0005]. Tukey post hoc indicated that groups SC2, 3 and 4 differed significantly from lSO (p p = 0.001). (B) Pearson correlation between whisker length and whisker base diameter with whiskers displacement. Rho and p-value indicated. All data underlying the figure can be accessed through https://figshare.com/s/9926eea051fcc1a613b0. (TIF)