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The link between resting metabolic rate and aging, measured as adult lifespan, was investigated in Drosophila melanogaster by (i) comparing lifespan and metabolic rate of individual flies, (ii) examining the effect of dietary-restriction on the metabolic rate of adult flies, and (iii) comparing the metabolic rate of wild-type and insulin/IGF-1 signalling mutant chico 1 flies. The resting oxygen...
Following eclosion, adult Calliphora stygia were individually housed (at 22°C and 73% RH) in 125ml plastic vials and provided with ad libitum access to either 0.125 or 0.2M sucrose as a food source and daily food consumption measured throughout their adult life. All blowflies were weighed daily and food consumed is determined by weighing individual food dishes. Blowflies provided with 0.125M sucrose...
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