Mouse fitness measures reveal incomplete functional redundancy of Hox paralogous group 1 proteins
Fig 3
Competitive ability of Hoxa1B1 and control founders in OPAs.
No consistent relationship between genotype and competitive ability was observed. Initially, fewer territories were occupied by Hoxa1B1 founders than controls leading to a marginally significant difference at the grand mean (GLMM; Z = 1.96, p = 0.050); however, this pattern degraded over time (GLMM; Z = -3.12, p < 0.002) and reversed by the end of the study. Territorial occupation of both groups was assessed at multiple time points across populations (n = 3) for a total of 70 observations. Provided lines are simple linear regressions based upon raw data to help illustrate overall significantly differing slopes over time between treatments. Populations are identified by shape and paired at each timepoint (black outline for control and gray outline for Hoxa1B1 founders) and cannot sum to more than six (dashed horizontal line) as this is the maximum number of territories per population.