Figure 2
Yeast fitness profiles shift according to dormancy release and maple syrup quality. (a) Constellation plot (Hierarchical clustering, Ward’s method) of the yeast fitness collection profiles of sap samples from 2016 showing a partition between Std and class 5 samples. Branch length represents square root distances while color and shape represent Sbb and sample quality, respectively. (b) Sap defects are not randomly distributed over the dormancy release period. Buddy defects appear after a turning point coinciding with the clustering based on yeast fitness profiles. Color and shape represent clusters defined in (a).
