Table 1. Comparison of variation between two independent biological replicates.

Samples	C1-0	C1-2	C1-4	C1-6	C1-8	C1-10	C1-12	C1-14	C1-16	C1-18
C2-0	0.93	0.76	0.75	0.70	0.74	0.77	0.77	0.81	0.84	0.84
C2-2	0.71	0.96	0.89	0.82	0.76	0.76	0.71	0.77	0.76	0.74
C2-4	0.69	0.84	0.96	0.89	0.82	0.78	0.76	0.79	0.79	0.76
C2-6	0.66	0.76	0.85	0.94	0.91	0.84	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.77
C2-8	0.69	0.72	0.76	0.82	0.95	0.93	0.88	0.86	0.85	0.83
C2-10	0.75	0.76	0.77	0.78	0.89	0.97	0.94	0.91	0.89	0.87
C2-12	0.73	0.78	0.78	0.77	0.85	0.93	0.95	0.92	0.89	0.87
C2-14	0.77	0.80	0.83	0.81	0.87	0.90	0.94	0.98	0.95	0.92
C2-16	0.80	0.79	0.81	0.81	0.87	0.89	0.91	0.95	0.97	0.95
C2-18	0.80	0.74	0.76	0.76	0.83	0.87	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.95

10 samples were taken from different time points in two conjugation series (C1 and C2). Numbers represent r² values. The highest r² values between points in the two different experiments are indicated in bold and italics.