Figure 6.
Effect of single amino acids on ant lifespan. Half-life of isolated ants on every single amino acid diet as a function of the single free amino acid concentration. Diets where no amino acid was added (no AA), 1 : 5 PAA : C, 5 : 1 PAA : C and starvation (Food deprivation) are plotted as coloured bands for comparison. We have tested 50 ants for each diet. Data are represented as half-life ± 95% CI. Ala, alanine; Arg, arginine; Asn, asparagine; Asp, aspartic acid; Cys, cysteine; Gln, glutamine; Glu, glutamic acid; Gly, glycine; His, histidine; Ile, isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Phe, phenylalanine; Pro, proline; Ser, serine; Thr, threonine; Trp, tryptophan; Tyr, tyrosine; Val, valine.