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Figure 15

From: The effect of natural selection on the performance of maximum parsimony

Figure 15

Experimental procedure to generate Avida data. A population seeded with organism S1 is allowed to reproduce in environment E1 for L1 generations. The dominant organism at the end of the experiment, S2, is then used to seed two new experiments in environment E2 for L2 generations. The dominant organisms from these two experiments, S3a-x and S3b-x, are each used to seed two new experiments in environment E3 for L3 generations. The dominant organisms from each of these 4 experiments, A, B, C, and D, represent a set of taxa to be reconstructed. The definition of generation with respect to L1, L2, and L3 requires that there be at least one mutation from parent to child.

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