Summary
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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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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