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Table 1 ANOVA testing for heterogeneity among the evolved lines in mortality rates under the repeated freeze-thaw regime.

From: Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in Escherichia coli following long-term evolution in a benign environment

Source

df

SS

MS

F

p

Line

11

0.3906

0.03551

88.67

<0.0001

Error

24

0.0096

0.00040

  
  1. Mortality rates were estimated with three-fold replication for each of the 12 evolved lines. The very low p-value indicates significant heritable variation among these lines in their survival capacity under the freeze-thaw regime.