Table 3.

Meiotic cell production constraints enforced on optimizations 10–13

Stage	Time window	Gametes produced
L2 to L4	30 h	44 primary spermatocytes
L4 to L4 + 1	24 h	23 oocytes
L4 + 1 to L4 + 2	24 h	83 oocytes
L4 + 2 to L4 + 3	24 h	64 oocytes
L4 + 3 to L4 + 4	24 h	5 oocytes
L4 + 4 to L4 + 5	24 h	1 oocyte

The numbers are derived from the average reproductive schedule measured from n = 19 worms by counting progeny laid at days 1 to 7 of adulthood, and dividing the total of number of progeny by 8 for primary spermatocytes (since one primary spermatocyte gives rise to four sperm, and since there are two gonadal arms per worm), and the daily counts by 2 for oocytes