Testing the "rate of living" model: Further evidence that longevity and metabolic rate are not inversely correlated in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1915-1922

  Van Voorhies, Wayne A ^a   Khazaeli, Aziz A ^b   Curtsinger, James W ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Respiratory quotient

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; INBRED STRAIN; LIFESPAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 7044249413     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00505.2004     Document Type: Article

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