Characteristic heart rate

Value 235 beats per minute
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference Amazing numbers in biology, Rainer Flindt, Springer 2006, pp. 68, table 1.6.2
Primary Source See values for many animals in the book mentioned above
Comments Depends on numerous parameters such as activity level, age etc.
Entered by Ron Milo - Admin
ID 101517