Extended Data Fig. 4: Flow diagrams of the life cycle in the computational simulation in four conditions.

(A-D) Flow diagrams of simulated populations with indicated feeding and culling schedules. Panel B is the same as Fig. 3H. The node size represents the average number of worms in the population. The arrows represent the average number of worms that transit per 3-hour period from one worm stage to another worm stage. Green, birth transition; blue, developmental transitions; black, cull; brown, starve. The key shows the relationship between node size and average number of worms in that node during the 100-day simulation. Similarly, the key shows the relationship between arrow size and the average number of worms making the transition during a 3-hour time period. Numbers indicate precise arrow values.