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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Biol. 2021 Feb 24;475:54–64. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.02.007

Figure 5. Temporal organization of postembryonic development in C. elegans.

Figure 5.

(A) Fractional stage durations of the 20 fastest and 20 slowest worms to reach adulthood. p-values shown above each stage are results of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test comparing durations of that stage for the 20 fastest and 20 slowest developing worms. Compare with Figure 3C. (B) Model of temporal organization of postembryonic development in C. elegans. The three profiles shown correspond to a slow, intermediate, and fast developing individuals. Despite differences in absolute duration of development, fractions of overall developmental time devoted to each larval stage are conserved, primarily due to proportional scaling of L1-L3. Absolute duration of the L4 stage is less variable among individuals.