Fig. 1: A conceptual schematic of the temporal changes in community similarity between replicates if drift or selection dominates the community assembly. | ISME Communications

Fig. 1: A conceptual schematic of the temporal changes in community similarity between replicates if drift or selection dominates the community assembly.

From: The effect of periodic disturbances and carrying capacity on the significance of selection and drift in complex bacterial communities

Fig. 1

If selection dominates, the similarity between replicates increases over time, and the variance decrease or be stable. However, if drift dominates, replicates should become less similar over time, and the variance should increase.

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