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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2009 Mar 3;44(6-7):472–476. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.02.011

Table 1.

Mean and maximum lifespan, and reproduction.

Restriction w/o Resv Restriction with Resv

Diet 1X 0.5X 0.25X 1X R 0.5X R 0.25X R
Mean lifespan (day) Females
 Sugar 30.3 31.4 43.1 28.6 31.4 41.9
 24: 1 47.6 52.0 71.2 46.5 55.2 73.9
 9: 1 67.5 73.9 71.3 64.2 75.8 82.4
 3: 1 57.9 60.6 49.0 64.4 59.2 36.6
Males
 Sugar 33.0 32.6 41.8 28.2 31.1 41.6
 24: 1 44.7 54.4 64.8 45.3 55.2 66.3
 9: 1 64.1 64.9 73.3 62.0 64.0 75.2
 3: 1 61.0 55.2 65.1 62.5 59.6 61.3

Maximum lifespan (day)1 Females
 Sugar 45.0 46.6 62.0 49.6 45.0 59.0
 24: 1 68.6 80.0 91.4 86.8 85.8 96.6
 9: 1 92.2 99.6 98.8 97.2 117.0 121.0
 3: 1 98.2 70.6 96.6 96.8 82.4 87.4
Males
 Sugar 50.0 51.6 59.0 42.8 45.2 61.2
 24: 1 68.6 80.0 91.4 80.0 88.0 96.0
 9: 1 98.8 99.6 92.2 86.8 87.6 105.0
 3: 1 96.6 70.6 98.2 89.2 96.2 91.0

Reproduction2 Females
 Sugar 220.0 27.0 27.6 77.7 21.8 31.5
 24: 1 107.6 79.8 112.8 48.5 68.5 111.5
 9: 1 348.6 311.6 501.2 285.8 335.0 657.4
 3: 1 1071.1 938.2 903.0 1034.4 1420.4 606.1
1

Maximum lifespan: 90% percentile of the distribution of lifespan.

2

Reproduction: Mean number of eggs laid per fertile female.