Fig. 4.
The effect of worm transfers on N2 lifespan.
A-C. Average survival curves for the respective day of adulthood (A-B) and Tukey-method boxplot of reported mean lifespans (C) for experiments which transformed worms less than (“(−) manipulation”) or more than (“(+) manipulation”) twice during the experiment. D-E. Average survival curves from the “manipulation” group which transferred worms everyday (D) or every 2–3 days (E) during the reproductive period. F. Overlay of the survival curves of D-E. Error bars represent 1 standard deviation from the mean. For A-B, D-E, yellow indicates 1 standard deviation from the mean and blue indicates 2 standard deviations from the mean. Survival above 100% and below 0% is not physiologically possible. All experiments were done on solid NGM at 20 °C. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)