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When O strains were taken off selection for several generations (back-selection), lifespan decreased and Pgm Sallele frequency was reduced to levels more like those in B strains.
The tet-on system was used to test whether simply increasing or decreasing Pgm expression would be sufficient to alter lifespan.
Biological times, such as lifespan and heart rate, were found to be proportional to mass 1/4 , and fractions related to one-quarter show up in other scaling relationships: the diameter of the aorta and tree trunks is proportional to mass 3/8 , for example.
One way to begin to test these models experimentally is to engineer transgenic flies with increased or decreased Pgm expression and assay for effects on lifespan.
To determine whether altered Pgm gene expression could affect lifespan, mean lifespan was assayed in multiple PGMsense and PGMinvrpt transgenic lines with or without DOX treatment.