Target of replication: *A priori* experimental protocols, materials, and confirmatory analysis plans were peer reviewed, [pre-registered][1], and published by [*eLife*][2]. This component includes all data, analysis scripts, and methods for the replication of the experiment reported in Supplemental Figure S7 of [Arthur et al. 2012][3]. This experiment compares the growth curves of E. coli NC101 and E. coli NC101Δpks <br> ### Contents [Figures component][4] contains a visualization of replication results. [Statistical Analyses component][5] contains R scripts that were used for the analysis. [Data component][6] contains data generated from the experimental work and files used in the analysis and generation of figures, which are in .csv format. [1]: https://osf.io/rp2jx/ [2]: https://elifesciences.org/articles/04186 [3]: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/338/6103/120 [4]: https://osf.io/5z8pu/wiki/home/ [5]: https://osf.io/w6sqr/wiki/home/ [6]: https://osf.io/ye9pk/wiki/home/