a-d: The autonomous static SOMs of the developmental process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state in wild-type C. elegans e-h: The dynamic SOMs of the developmental process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state in wild-type C. elegans i-k: The dynamic SOMs of the developmental process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state in mes-2/E(z) mutants l-n: The autonomous static SOMs of the developmental process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state in mes-2/E(z) mutant. o-r: The pseudo-dynamic SOMs of the developmental process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state in wild-type C. elegans s-u: The pseudo-dynamic SOMs of the developmental process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state in mes-2/E(z) mutants

Figure 2: The SOMs along with developmental process from the two-cell embryo to the 8E stage. The SOMs of the process from the “embryonic stem cell-like” to the “differentiated” state including both wild-type C. elegans and mutant animals with a deficiency in PcG/MES-2/E (z).