Principal component plot representing correlations between cell morphology and survival variables under starvation for the ten strains

Abstract

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Evolution of dispersal and life history strategies – ciliates"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/133</p><p>BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007;7():133-133.</p><p>Published online 6 Aug 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1997130.</p><p></p> PC1is linked to overall survival and elongation capabilities. PC2represented the cell elongation strategy, opposing strains where all cells elongates similarly for a long time to strains where some cells elongate more than others, up to becoming dispersal morphs