Table 2.
Fruiting body phenotypes and sporulation frequencies (log-transformed) of ancestral and evolved lines
| Strain | Fruiting phenotype | Log (sporulation frequency)
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Strain | Fruiting phenotype | Log (sporulation frequency)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.