Fig. 3: Differential expression of genes associated with selected GO biological processes.

Heatmaps show log₂ fold-change (log₂FC) in gene expression relative to the ancestral strain across populations evolved under NG, sMG, and sMGAg. The color scale is centered at log₂FC = 0 (white), with upregulation in pink and downregulation in purple. Genes are grouped by enriched GO terms. Rows represent individual genes and columns represent evolved populations. Heatmaps summarize transcriptional patterns and do not imply statistical contrasts between environments. Significant and near-significant terms are summarized in Supplemental Table 4.