Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity
Meal memory Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevityvar abtest_2174132 = new ABTest(2174132, 'click'); Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults. The same effect has since turned up in fruit flies and mice. What we did not know was how a meal eaten in infancy could affect health weeks, months, or even years later.
- ▪Meal memory Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevityvar abtest_2174132 = new ABTest(2174132, 'click'); Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.
- ▪The same effect has since turned up in fruit flies and mice.
- ▪What we did not know was how a meal eaten in infancy could affect health weeks, months, or even years later.
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Meal memory Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevityvar abtest_2174132 = new ABTest(2174132, 'click'); Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults. Jacek Krywko – Sep 29, 2026 10:39 am | 0 Credit: Tomasz Klejdysz Credit: Tomasz Klejdysz Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Back in the 1930s, scientists noticed that water fleas and rats fed restricted diets while young went on to live longer. The same effect has since turned up in fruit flies and mice. What we did not know was how a meal eaten in infancy could affect health weeks, months, or even years later. A recent Nature study might have found the answer.
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