Table 1 Mean lifespan and Gompertz parameters for inbred lines and their outbred controls at 21, 25 and 29°C

From: Changes in mortality patterns and temperature dependence of lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster caused by inbreeding

Line

Lifespan

Gompertz parameters

  

Intercept

Slope

21°C

   

O9

49.4a

−4.43

0.070

O12

50.0a

−3.17

0.038

O2

47.4a

−3.62

0.054

O13

44.1a

−3.14

0.048

O6

43.0a

−3.75

0.064

I4

41.0a,b

−3.24

0.055

I15

32.6b,c

−3.07

0.062

I10

27.3c

−3.21*

0.059*

I7

25.1c

−2.75

0.095

25°C

   

O9

37.1a

−5.58

0.157

O6

35.6a

−3.71

0.086

O13

34.4a,b

−4.03

0.099

O2

33.9a,b

−3.83

0.095

O12

33.2a,b

−2.81

0.062

I10

28.2b

−3.26*

0.096*

I15

28.1b

−2.83

0.104

I7

20.1c

−2.76

0.131

I4

19.8c

−1.71*

0.076*

29°C

   

O6

28.3a

−4.10

0.162

O13

28.0a

−4.29

0.174

O2

26.4a,b

−3.83

0.158

I10

26.5a,b

−3.99

0.166

O12

26.2a,b

−4.07

0.188

O9

26.2a,b

−3.85

0.169

I15

22.5b, c

−2.88

0.128

I7

18.8c,d

−3.39

0.220

I4

11.3d

−1.73*

0.130*

  1. Same letters in the lifespan data indicate homogeneous groups as indicated by the Kruskal–Wallis multiple comparison of mean ranks. Gompertz parameters estimated with data corrected for early adult lethality (see text) are marked with an asterisk.