Dietary macronutrient balance
1 paper2 findings
- 1 lab
- Model organisms1
Outcomes
1Reproductive performance
upin flies1
1 study
Reproductive performance
upin flies1
Dietary macronutrient balance improves reproductive performance in flies.
“reproductive performance in aged males was favoured by carbohydrate-biased diets”
Model organismscarbohydrate-biased dietsmales
Mating-dependent lifespan cost of sterol depletion in male Drosophila melanogaster
Preprint3 Dec 2025Preprint
Associations
1Lifespan
mixedin flies1
1 study
Lifespan
mixedin flies1
Dietary macronutrient balance is associated with lifespan in flies.
“Lifespan was maximised at higher protein–to–carbohydrate ratios than previously estimated”
Model organismslifespan optimum at higher protein-to-carbohydrate ratios than previously estimatedmales
Mating-dependent lifespan cost of sterol depletion in male Drosophila melanogaster
Preprint3 Dec 2025Preprint
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Mating-dependent lifespan cost of sterol depletion in male Drosophila melanogaster
Preprint: experiments in fliesMechanisms