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VOL. 10, ISSUE 2 (2025)
The effect of chia seed on the starvation in Drosophila Melanogaster
Authors
Afeefa Bhanu, Aneesa PV, Chandana R, Chethan Kumar S, Krishna MS
Abstract
As a model organism, Drosophila
melanogaster is commonly used by researchers to evaluate traits like
starvation resistance. Severe hunger or insufficient food resources are two
prevalent and ecologically relevant forms of environmental stress in animals.
Consuming food helps with growth, reproduction, and food storage. The amount of
food an animal consumes, how frequently it eats, and how well it digests and
absorbs its food all affect its capacity to absorb nutrients through this
system. One of the important external environmental factors influencing
environmental stress is dietary issues. The purpose of this experiment is to
determine how chia seeds affect hunger resistance by cultivating D.
melanogaster in wheat cream agar media with 5g, 10g, and 15g of chia seed
powder. The findings demonstrated that flies kept on cream of wheat agar media
exhibited the least resistance to starvation, while flies given 10g Chia seed
media had the highest resistance to starvation compared to those given 5g and
15g Chia seed, which had average resistance. This implies that an additional
10g of chia seeds offers greater nourishment and vitality to endure famine
during the solo period. The present study also reveals the female flies were
more starvation resistant than males on these three types of diets.
Furthermore, unmated male and female flies were more resistant to famine than
mated male and female flies on these four forms of food in both mated and
virgin flies. According to this study, adding 10g of chia seeds to the diet
provide enough energy and food storage to last longer starvation. Thus, the
quality and quantity of nutrients present in different concentration of Chia
seed may leads to more resistant to starvation.
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Pages:52-56
How to cite this article:
Afeefa Bhanu, Aneesa PV, Chandana R, Chethan Kumar S, Krishna MS "The effect of chia seed on the starvation in <i>Drosophila Melanogaster</i>". International Journal of Zoology Studies, Vol 10, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 52-56
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