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Fig. 1 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

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From: Hidden paths to endless forms most wonderful: Complexity of bacterial motility shapes diversification of latent phenotypes

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Alternative-surface fitness increased less than selective-surface fitness. Marked ancestors were present in nearly 100% of all post-competition swarm-edge population samples after control competitions with unmarked ancestors on hard and soft agar. After competition with evolved populations, the marked ancestors were present in only ~ 7% of samples for competitions carried out on their MyxoEE-3 selective surface but were present in ~ 31% of samples after competitions on the populations’ alternative surfaces. Data points represent within-replicate ancestor-presence proportion averages for each category, gray bars show cross-replicate means and error bars show 95% confidence intervals. HA hard agar, SA soft agar

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