Fig. 2: Experimental evolution of macroscopic multicellularity. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Experimental evolution of macroscopic multicellularity.

From: Bacteria evolve macroscopic multicellularity by the genetic assimilation of phenotypically plastic cell clustering

Fig. 2: Experimental evolution of macroscopic multicellularity.

a A schematic of our experimental evolution workflow. b Clonal phenotypes at the end of experimental evolution after growth under static conditions. Also see Supplementary movies 1 & 3 (for Anc), 5 & 7 (for the S clones), and 6 & 8 (for the R clones). In R1-R5, the habitual salinity tubes were externally perturbed at the end of the growth cycle to disrupt mats formed at the air-liquid interface and show cell clustering (see Supplementary Fig. S4 for the unperturbed tubes).

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