<s>
A	O
Muller	B-Application
plot	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Muller	O
diagram	O
,	O
combines	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
succession	O
of	O
different	O
operational	O
taxonomic	O
units	O
(	O
OTUs	O
)	O
—	O
such	O
as	O
genotypes	O
,	O
phenotypes	O
,	O
or	O
species	O
—	O
and	O
information	O
about	O
dynamics	O
of	O
their	O
abundances	O
(	O
populations	O
or	O
frequencies	O
)	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muller	B-Application
plots	I-Application
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
visualize	O
evolutionary	O
dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Muller	B-Application
plot	I-Application
,	O
the	O
horizontal	O
axis	O
typically	O
shows	O
time	O
or	O
generations	O
and	O
the	O
vertical	O
axis	O
represents	O
relative	O
abundances	O
of	O
OTUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
difference	O
between	O
Muller	B-Application
plots	I-Application
and	O
normal	O
bar	O
plots	O
of	O
abundances	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
Muller	B-Application
plot	I-Application
depicts	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
relative	O
abundances	O
but	O
also	O
succession	O
of	O
OTUs	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
genealogy	O
,	O
phylogeny	O
,	O
or	O
parental	O
relation	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
