Soliman M H, Lints F A
Mech Ageing Dev. 1982 Jan;18(1):19-31. doi: 10.1016/0047-6374(82)90026-4.
The longevity of adults of five genotypes of Tribolium castaneum differing in their body weights was measured at a single constant temperature, 35 degrees C, after they had developed at three constant temperatures, 25, 30 or 35 degrees C, and one alternating temperature 25/35 degrees C (mean = 30 degree C). Two genotypes had been naturally selected for heavy and light body weights, two had been artificially selected for extreme pupal weights and one was the pygmy mutant. The main results are as follows. (1) There is a negative correlation between growth rate and imaginal longevity for four of the five genotypes, when the variations in growth rate are due to the influence of constant developmental temperatures. (2) The genotype has a marked effect on mean longevity and on the slope of the regression of longevity on growth rate. (3) Growth rate is larger and longevity is longer when the larvae are raised at alternating 25/35 degrees C than when they are raised at a constant 30 degrees C. These results seem to confirm the developmental theory of ageing.
在35摄氏度这一恒定温度下，对体重不同的五种基因型的赤拟谷盗成虫的寿命进行了测定。这些成虫此前分别在25、30或35摄氏度这三个恒定温度以及25/35摄氏度（平均温度为30摄氏度）的交替温度下发育。其中两种基因型是通过自然选择获得的重体重和轻体重类型，两种是通过人工选择获得的极端蛹重类型，还有一种是侏儒突变体。主要结果如下：（1）当生长速率的变化是由于恒定发育温度的影响时，五种基因型中的四种，其生长速率与成虫寿命之间存在负相关。（2）基因型对平均寿命以及寿命对生长速率的回归斜率有显著影响。（3）幼虫在25/35摄氏度交替温度下饲养时，其生长速率比在30摄氏度恒定温度下饲养时更大，寿命也更长。这些结果似乎证实了衰老的发育理论。
