A new University of Michigan study that appears in the journal iScience/i indicates that sex may in fact be one of the secrets to good health, youth and a longer life in fruit flies. Male fruit flies that perceived sexual pheromones of their female counterparts - without the opportunity to mate - experienced rapid decreases in fat stores, resistance to starvation and more stress. The sexually frustrated flies lived shorter lives. Mating, on the ...Saturday, 30 November 2013
Lifespan is Longer in Fruit Flies With Better Sex Lives
A new University of Michigan study that appears in the journal iScience/i indicates that sex may in fact be one of the secrets to good health, youth and a longer life in fruit flies. Male fruit flies that perceived sexual pheromones of their female counterparts - without the opportunity to mate - experienced rapid decreases in fat stores, resistance to starvation and more stress. The sexually frustrated flies lived shorter lives. Mating, on the ...
No comments:
Post a Comment