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Peptides derived from a corresponding set of samples, comprising eight experimental traits per age group, were labeled using the iTRAQ 8plex kit (ABsciex, Framingham, MA, USA), as shown in Table S 1. Peptides were then mixed and fractionated simultaneously, using isoelectric focusing (IEF) on 24 cm IPG strips (pH 3.5 to 4.5; GE Healthcare), as described previously (Mikula et al. 2011).
Rapid development is a desirable experimental trait, and as a consequence early germ line commitment occurs in many experimental models.
More direct evidence for a role of female preferences, for example, through experimental trait manipulation combined with observations of sexual behavior in the two sexes, should also be sought.
To quantify the severity of drought stress on plant traits, the drought intensity index for each trait was calculated as drought intensity index = 1 – Xds/Xns, where Xds and Xns are the mean experimental trait values of all genotypes grown under drought stress and nonstress, respectively (Fischer and Maurer 1978).
The experimental procedures, traits recording and blood sampling were approved by the IRTA Ethical Committee.
The experimental procedures, traits recording and blood sampling were approved by the Ethical Committee of the Institution (IRTA - Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries).
Further studies will then be needed to test, in an experimental framework, trait utility, which is one of the diagnostic criteria of adaptive radiation [ 4].
Detailed information about field experimental designs, trait measurements and analysis of phenotype data can be found in the studies by Kump et al. (2011), Cook et al. (2012) and Hung et al. (2012).
Grounded on the experimental outcomes, the traits, merits and demerits of each spatial information encoding approach are eventually summarized.
In our experimental setting, these traits reflects competitive ability at the time when the bacteria were serially transferred to the new microcosms with lots of fresh resources ('maximum growth rate' trait), and when the resources became well consumed at the end of the 4-day long serial transfer schedule ('maximum population size').
