Figure 2.Increase in activity of male flies on low calorie food is mediated by dSir2.dSir4.5/dSir4.5
(A) and dSir5.26/dSir5.26 (B)
homozygous dSir2 null male flies have significantly lower 24-hour
spontaneous physical activity on 0.5X (brown) & 1.5X (orange) calorie
diet at two different ages. The mobility was based on the mean mobility of
3 vials with 10 male flies each, and expressed as mean total activity per
vial during 24 hours +/- SEM. Statistical significance was determined by
using two-tailed Student's t-test with unequal variances.