Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of cell-virus-virophage systems
Fig 5
Maximum amplitude of the virus wave.
The maximum amplitude of the virus wave decreases as a function of the number of cells and the simulation condition. Boxplots of the resulting distributions are shown to the left and the fitted GAMs are shown to the right. However, note the increase in the maximum wave amplitude across all simulations from 8- to 16-celled organisms. The three intercepts are significantly different and the smoothing terms statistically significant to the level of p < 10−15. The normalised root mean square error (RMSE) is 11% and the deviance explained is 72%. NV: neutral virophages, IV: inhibitory virophages, PCD: programmed cell-death.