Survival data for wild-type Drosophila melanogaster (Canton S) exposed to the neurotoxin BMAA. The dataset includes 50% survival times of 19, 14, 10, and 4 days for flies reared in 1, 3, 5, and 10 mM BMAA, respectively, over a 30-day observation period. The data was generated by R. Islam and analyzed using One-way ANOVA in Prizm software.
Use Cases
- Modeling dose-response survival curves based on BMAA concentration.
- Comparing toxicity effects across different BMAA dosages.
- Analyzing the statistical significance of survival differences using ANOVA results mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Provides specific 50% survival times (19, 14, 10, 4 days) for four distinct BMAA concentrations.
- Includes a sham control group (0 mM BMAA) that showed no toxicity during the observation period.
- Experimental design details are provided, including fly age (5 days old), sample size (10 flies per vial), and duration (up to 30 days).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- paperswithcode
- Collection Method
- Experimental study where five day-old male flies were reared in BMAA diluted in sucrose.
- Time Range
- Observation period of up to 30 days.