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Effects of caffeine on fecundity, egg laying capacity, development time and longevity in Drosophila prosaltans

Mary Massumi Itoyama; Hermione Elly Melara de Campos Bicudo

Departamento de Biologia, IBILCE-UNESP, Caixa Postal 136, 15055 São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. Send correspondence to H.E.M.C.B.

ABSTRACT

In Drosophila prosaltans reared on culture medium with caffeine (50 mg/ml, 100 mg/ml, 1000 mg/ml and 1500 mg/ml), fecundity decreased with increasing dosage. Other effects were (a) an approximately one clay increase in development lime of flies at 1000 and 1500 mg/ml, (b) a decrease of egg laying capacity, with increasing dosage and (c) a decrease of longevity when virgin males and females or mated males were analyzed. Mated treated females, however showed, in most experiments, greater longevity than the controls, thus suggesting a benefit of the partial blockage of reproduction caused by caffeine.

Keywords: Caffeine; Fecundity; Development time; Longevity; Drosophila prosaltans.

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