Population Dynamics ___

C. elegans is a rapidly growing nematode with an explosive reproductive output. Laboratory populations quickly consume all available resources and enter a dauer resting phase. If transferred on a regular cycle, these populations show evidence for density-dependent population regulation.

The pattern is pretty irratic. Is it chaotic? The phase reconstruction suggests that there is not a simple attractor

Localized analysis suggests that the populations move in and out of a chaotic space:
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