TABLE 6.

QTL affecting life span and age-specific metabolic rates inD. melanogaster

		Standardized additive effect
Chromosome	Locationa	Life-span cages (days)	Life-span vials (days)	CO2 day 16 [μl CO2 (hr · fly)]	CO2 day 29 [μl CO2 (hr · fly)]
X	32	3.9***	2.4***	4.0***	3.5***
II	10	2.7**	1.9*	1.8*	0.8
III	12	3.1***	1.6*	1.8*	1.5*
III	30	2.9***	1.5*	2.3**	1.1
III	60	3.4***	1.8*	3.5***	2.3**

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.001.

^aCentimorgans from left telomere.