Table 1.

Developmental stages of wild-type N₂ worms used for experimentation.

Stage	Feature	Mean Age (day)	OCR (pmol/min/worm)
L1	558 somatic nuclei	0.5	NA
L2	germ cell divisions continue	1.2	0.94 ± 0.41
L3	forms spermathecal/uterus	1.5	3.28 ± 0.89
L4	generate oocytes	2	7.45 ± 0.55
Young adults	959 somatic nuclei	2.5	11.96 ± 0.91
Adults	egg-laying maximum	4	16.44 ± 0.96
Adults	egg-laying ends	5	15.36 ± 0.59
Aged adults	slow motion	6	9.58 ± 0.64
Aged adults	slow motion	7	4.38 ± 0.41
Aged adults	less motion	9	2.33 ± 0.71
Aged adults	less motion	11	1.65 ± 0.52
Aged adults	no motion	13	1.12 ± 0.62