... and fitness is less clear. Here, we show that Drosophila exposed to hypoxia during their larval period subsequently show reduced starvation stress resistance and shorter lifespan as adults, with these effects being stronger in males. We find that these effects are associated with reduced whole-body insulin...

... with Tukey's test and Dunnett's test ( P <0.05). * Author for correspondence ( aon@es.hokudai.ac.jp ) 1 2 2011 © 2011. 2011 brain biogenic amine social insect social behavior starvation stress isolation stress trophallaxis grooming Ants and other social insects...