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    • Exceptional Longevity in the Tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a Close Relative of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly 

      Duyck, P. F.; Kouloussis, N. A.; Papadopoulos, N. T.; Quilici, S.; Carey, J. R. (2012)
      This study shows that the fruit fly, Ceratitis rosa (Karsch), has a significantly longer life span than the medfly, C. capitata (Wiedemann); the species used as a model organism for the demographics of insect aging. This ...

    • Lifespan of a Ceratitis fruit fly increases with higher altitude 

      Duyck, P. F.; Kouloussis, N. A.; Papadopoulos, N. T.; Quilici, S.; Wang, J. L.; Jiang, C. R.; Müller, H. G.; Carey, J. R. (2010)
      Variation in lifespan may be linked to geographic factors. Although latitudinal variation in lifespan has been studied for a number of species, altitude variation has received much less attention, particularly in insects. ...