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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr. 2007 Sep;137(9):2006–2012. doi: 10.1093/jn/137.9.2006

TABLE 1.

Life span of F12+2 Drosophila melanogaster compared with biotin-normal controls1

Female Male
% Survival F12+2 Control F12+2 Control
Days of Survival2
50 47 ± 5.5a 40 ± 5.1a 37 ± 1.8a 32 ± 2.3a
5 75 ± 4.3a 65 ± 6.7b 59 ± 1.8a 52 ± 3.1b
1

Controls were fed biotin-normal diets for 14 generations. F12+2 flies were fed biotin-deficient diet for 12 generations and then switched to biotin-normal diets for two generations.

2

Data are means ± SD.

a

Values not sharing the same superscript are significantly different from each other for the same sex in the same % survival category; P < 0.01 (n = 4 vials containing 25 flies each). Males were not compared to females.

b

Values not sharing the same superscript are significantly different from each other for the same sex in the same % survival category; P < 0.01 (n = 4 vials containing 25 flies each). Males were not compared to females.