Experiments on Longevity
- 1 September 1928
- journal article
- review article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Quarterly Review of Biology
- Vol. 3 (3), 391-407
- https://doi.org/10.1086/394311
Abstract
This lecture summarizes a long series of experiments on duration of life in Drosophila melanogaster and in seedlings of Cucumis melo. Duration of life (longevity) of the individual varies inversely as the rate of energy expenditure in metabolism. The faster an organism lives, the sooner it dies.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Age, mortality, fertility, and individual diversities in the rotifer Proales sordida Gosse. I. Effect of age of the parent on characteristics of the offspringJournal of Experimental Zoology, 1928
- The Growth of Seedlings of the Canteloup, Cucumis Melo, in the Absence of Exogenous Food and LightProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1928