Extended Data Fig. 7: Cumulative gene counts of distinct numbers of gene versions.
From: Functional diversity enables multiple symbiont strains to coexist in deep-sea mussels
Cumulative gene version count is shown for gammaproteobacterial marker genes from PhylaAmphora and the extended set of genes that had a read coverage within the coverage range of gammaproteobacterial marker genes, indicating that each strain in the population encoded these. Strain numbers were estimated for the marker gene set with 100x read coverage (a) and full read coverage (b) and for the entire gene set with full read coverage per host individual. Full read coverage was 100–120x for LS, 280–370x for Se, 150–215x for Cl and 190–218x for Li mussels. LS: Lucky Strike, Se: Semenov, Cl: Clueless, Li: Lilliput, cov = coverage.
