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. 1998 Oct 13;95(21):12376–12380. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.21.12376

Table 2.

Fruiting body phenotypes and sporulation frequencies (log-transformed) of ancestral and evolved lines

Strain Fruiting phenotype Log (sporulation frequency)
Strain Fruiting phenotype Log (sporulation frequency)
72 h 168 h 72 h 168 h
S + −2.17 −2.21 R  + −2.76 −2.21
S1 <−7.70 ** <−7.70 ** R1 <−7.70 ** <−7.70 **
S2 −6.53 ** −2.63 * R2 <−7.70 ** <−7.70 **
S3 + −2.36 NS −2.20 NS R3 <−7.70 ** <−7.70 **
S4 −4.38 * −5.60 ** R4 + −4.29 * −2.14 NS
S5 −7.35 ** <−7.70 ** R5 <−7.70 ** <−7.70 **
S6 <−7.70 ** <−7.70 ** R6 + −3.39 NS −2.18 NS

+, Forms fruiting bodies; −, does not form fruiting bodies. Asterisks (or NS) indicate significance levels of differences between ancestral evolved strains based on the Dunnett multiple comparisons test. ∗, P < 0.05; ∗∗, P < 0.01; NS, P > 0.05.