Figure 6. Most QTLs affecting the number of dauer larvae at food exhaustion in growing populations overlap with QTLs affecting dauer larvae formation in response to defined amounts of pheromone.

Venn diagrams showing the overlap between QTLs that affect dauer larvae development in response to defined amounts of pheromone (upper circles) and QTLs that affect the number of dauer larvae at food exhaustion in growing populations (lower circles). Negative effect QTLs, where the CB4856 allele decreases the number of dauer larvae, are shown in the left hand diagram and positive effect QTLs, where the CB4856 allele increases the number of dauer larvae, are shown in the right hand diagram.