X-Message-Number: 24866 Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:27:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: 156'th update on fly longevity experiments This is the 156'th update of my fly longevity experiments. Average temperature was 27.4 C during this run. Estimated maximal longevity using the formula (363 - T*11.2) is 56 days. Here I continue checking out beet roots, and beet leaves (chard). There was a transient advantage to yellow chard in run #153, and I was curious to see if this was a chance finding or not. In this run, yellow chard proved to be quite disappointing. Run #156 Percent Survival on Day supplement 8 18 29 34 40 45 50 55 _________________________________________ control one 83 75 50 38 33 5 3 0 control two 91 49 23 16 14 2 0 - green chard 5% 71 60 36 24 9 2 0 - green chard 20% 90 73 22 8 0 - - - red beet 12.5% 86 64 26 12 2 0 - - (water 25% 82 62 38 18 3 3 0 - extract) 50% 86 71 14 11 4 0 - - yellow beet 5% 87 72 31 10 5 3 0 - yellow beet 20% 90 80 35 18 4 2 0 - yellow chard 5% 72 59 39 20 2 0 - - yellow chard 10% 90 80 38 8 0 - - - yellow chard 20% 77 67 13 3 3 0 - - Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24866