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Neglecting larval rearing conditions in Drosophila melanogaster can negatively impact research on ageing

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The developmental conditions of Drosophila melanogaster flies can modify the phenotypic traits of adults. However, the control of these conditions is neglected by some authors in their articles and the readers are unaware, for instance, whether flies developed in crowded cultures or fed on a new or used medium. Controlling developmental conditions allows to know precisely the viability of flies, their duration of development and sex-ratio, which can be warning signals of bad rearing conditions. As developmental conditions can modify the results of experiments on the effects of ageing it is necessary to strictly control them.

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Le Bourg, E. Neglecting larval rearing conditions in Drosophila melanogaster can negatively impact research on ageing. Biogerontology 22, 369–373 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-021-09917-y

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