Effects of Starvation on the Levels of Triglycerides, Diacylglycerol, and Activity of Lipase in Male and Female Drosophila Melanogaster

Figure 1

Starvation affects the survival of flies based on age and gender. Male (M) and female (F) flies of different ages (2 d, 12 d, and 23 d) were kept under starvation. The survival of flies during starvation was age-dependent: 2 d flies (a) survived longer than 12 d (b) and 23 d (c) male and female flies. Similarly, 12 d flies (b) survived longer than 23 d (c) male and female flies. During starvation, male flies at all ages died faster than female flies of the same age group. (d) The number of flies that had survived (out of 10 male and 10 female flies) at a specific starvation time period shown. The data is presented as the . It was analyzed by two-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparison test between male and female flies. denotes , and denotes .

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