Fig. 4: Recombination to mutation rates measurements.
From: Freshwater genome-reduced bacteria exhibit pervasive episodes of adaptive stasis
a The right panel depicts recombination to mutation rates for both large and small genomes (Large genomes SP n = 16, Large genomes CP n = 16; Small genomes SP n = 14; Small genomes CP n = 14). Two boxplots are presented for each category, distinguishing the secreted proteome (SP) in yellow and the cytoplasmatic proteome (CP) in blue. The red line serves as an indicator representing a ratio where recombination equals mutation. No statistical differences were found (SP Kruskal–Wallis chi-squared = 3.3456, df = 1, P value = 0.06738; CP Kruskal–Wallis chi-squared = 1.6607, df = 1, P value = 0.1975). b The left panel showcases the average distance of imports for the SP and CP of both large and small genomes species. Statistical differences are highlighted by stars (SP Kruskal–Wallis chi-squared = 13.382, df = 1, P value = 0.000254; CP Kruskal–Wallis chi-squared = 0.33871, df = 1, P value = 0.5606). The central line across the boxplots identifies the median, marking the dataset’s midpoint. The box itself demarcates the interquartile range, extending from the first quartile to the third quartile, encapsulating the central 50% of the data. The whiskers project from the box to the furthest data points not categorized as outliers and show the spread of the main body of the dataset. Raw data is provided as a Source Data file.
