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Effect of adult cohort density on age-specific mortality in Drosophila melanogaster.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences - 1 Sept 1995
Khazaeli A A, Xiu L, Curtsinger J W
Abstract excerpt
Mortality rates decelerate at older ages in experimental populations of Drosophila. It is unclear whether this reflects a real slow-down in the aging process, or an artifact of declining density. Mortality was studied in age-synchronized cohorts of four inbred lines at three initial densities that varied 10-fold. A total of 70,000 flies of both sexes were studied. There were large line x density, line, and sex...
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