Extended Data Fig. 4: Theoretical model predicting the influence of symbiont transmission on population genomic signatures (π, FST).
From: Functional diversity enables multiple symbiont strains to coexist in deep-sea mussels
On the left a scenario is depicted in which the symbionts are acquired only once by juvenile mussels during a restricted time window, followed exclusively by repeated self-infection. On the right a scenario is depicted in which the symbionts are continuously released and taken up by host individuals throughout their lifetime.
