Food consumption and individual lifespan of adults of the blowfly, Calliphora stygia: A test of the 'rate of living' theory of aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1485-1490

  Hulbert, A J ^a   Usher, Michael J ^a   Wallman, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Caloric restriction; Food consumption; Metabolic rate; Rate of living

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALLIPHORA STYGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLY; FOOD INTAKE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIPTERA; EATING; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CALLIPHORA STYGIA; CALLIPHORIDAE;

EID: 6944246521     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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