Figure 3
Distances between BGN tags. Intracrypt distances are significant less than intercrypt distances. There are no significant differences between intercrypt distances of adjacent crypts, crypts randomly sampled from the same 1–2 cm2 patch, or crypts from widely separated patches. Intracrypt distances of branched crypts were significantly greater than individual crypts and not significantly different from intercrypt distances. These distance relationships are consistent with long-lived individual or branched crypts. Shaded in yellow are adjacent crypts with the smallest intercrypt distances. These adjacent crypt pairs appeared to be distantly related when examined at another locus (see Table 2).