Figure 3

The logarithm of the mortality rate graphed as a function of age. Data points represent the age-specific mortality rate of the three replicates. The age-specific mortality rate increases exponentially until the age of approximately one year, after which the increase decelerates. The rate of deceleration varies between the 3 replicates and is especially obvious in replicate 3. Note that data points of age-classes in which no deaths occur are considered as missing because the log (mortality) of these zero-mortality age classes is undefined. This results in large time intervals without data points after the age of one year old, which also reflects the deceleration of the increase in mortality rate.