LIFE-SPAN OF DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER IN HIGHLY OXYGENATED ATMOSPHERES

Authors
BARET P FOUARGE A BULLENS P LINTS FA
Citation
P. Baret et al., LIFE-SPAN OF DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER IN HIGHLY OXYGENATED ATMOSPHERES, Mechanism of ageing and development, 76(1), 1994, pp. 25-31
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Mechanism of ageing and development → ACNP
ISSN journal
00476374
Volume
76
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
25 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-6374(1994)76:1<25:LODIHO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The life-span of Drosophila melanogaster males kept for their entire l ife in atmospheres of differing O-2 concentration (21%, 30%, 40%) was measured. The life-span decreased linearly with the increase in O-2 pr oportion. In order to test the rate of living and the threshold theori es of ageing, Drosophila melanogaster males were kept for 15 days in a given atmosphere and from day 16 on in another one. The life-spans ob served in these alternate conditions were very close to the values pre dicted by the rate of living theory and are thus not compatible with t he threshold theory.