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Effects of temperature on the metabolic rate of young and oldDrosophila

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Respiratory measurements in young and oldDrosophila melanogaster reveals significant differences between these two groups in response to temperature. The data suggest that there is some degree of temperature compensation of respiration in young insects but that this capacity is lost with age.

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  1. Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 440 Page Mill Road, 94306, Palo Alto, California, USA

    J. E. Fleming & J. Miquel

  2. Biomedical Division, NASA-Ames Research Center, 94035, Moffett Field, California, USA

    J. E. Fleming & J. Miquel

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Acknowledgment. The authors wish to thank Dr R. Marcuson for the statistical analysis

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Fleming, J.E., Miquel, J. Effects of temperature on the metabolic rate of young and oldDrosophila. Experientia 39, 267–268 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955296

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