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. 2014 Dec 15;4:7486. doi: 10.1038/srep07486

Figure 1. Schematic illustration of five-species competition.

Figure 1

The game is known as Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock (RPSLS), denoted by 1-2-3-4-5 in our paper. Arrows point from predator to prey. The game rules are: scissors cut paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, Lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, Scissors decapitate lizard, Lizard eats paper, Paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and Rock crushes scissors.