Books

(Selected – only those relevant to aging)

1 . Luckinbill, L.S., Arking, R. Clare, M. Cirocco, W. and Buck, S. (1984). Selection for delayed senescence in Drosophila melanogaster . Evolution 38 :996-1003.

Note : this was selected for online republication in Classic Papers in Aging (D. Waller, ed.) at SAGEKE

2 .Arking, R. (1987). Successful selection for increased longevity in Drosophila : Analysis of the survival data and presentation of a hypothesis on the genetic regulation of longevity. Exp. Gerontol. 22 :199-220.

3 . Arking, R., Buck, S., Wells, R.A. and Pretzlaff, R. (1988). Metabolic rates in genetically based long-lived strains of Drosophila . Exper. Gerontol. 23 :59-76.

4. Arking, R. (1988). Genetic Analysis of Aging Processes in Drosophila . Exp. Aging Res.14:125-135.

5 . Pretzlaff, R. and Arking, R. (1989) Patterns of amino acid incorporation in long lived genetic strains of Drosophila . Exper. Gerontol. 24 :67-81

6 . Arking, R. and Dudas, S. (1989). A review of genetic investigations into the aging processes of Drosophila. J. Amer. Geriatrics Soc. 37 :757-773.

7 . Arking, R. and Wells, R. A. (1990). Genetic alteration of normal aging processes is responsible for extended longevity in Drosophila . Developmental Genetics 11 :141-148.

8 . Arking, R., Buck, S. Berrios, A., Dwyer, S. and Baker, G.T., III. (1991). Elevated paraquat activity can be used as a biomarker for longevity in a selected strain of Drosophila . Devel. Genetics 12 :362-370.

9 . Buck, S., Dudas, S., Wells, R., Baker, G.T. III, and Arking, R. (1993). Chromosomal localization and regulation of the longevity determinant genes in a selected strain of D. melanogaster . Heredity 71 :11-22.

10. Buck, S., Nicholson, M., Dudas, S. Wells, R., Force, A., Baker, G.T.,III, and Arking, R. (1993). Larval regulation of adult longevity in a genetically selected long lived strain of Drosophila . Heredity 71 :23-32.

11. Arking, R., Dudas, S.P. and Baker, G.T., III. (1993). Genetic and environmental factors regulating the expression of an extended longevity phenotype in a long lived strain of Drosophila . Genetica 91 :127-142.

12. Dudas, S.P. and Arking, R. (1994). The expression of the EF1 genes of Drosophila is not associated with the extended longevity phenotype. Exp. Gerontol. 29 :645-657.

13. Dudas, S. P. and Arking, R. (1995) A coordinate up-regulation of antioxidant gene activities is required prior to the delayed onset of senescence characteristic of a long-lived strain of Drosophila . J. Gerontology: Biological Sciences 50 A:B117-B127.

14. Arking, R. and Buck, S. (1995). Selection for increased longevity in Drosophila melanogaster: A reply to Lints. Gerontology 41:69-76.

15 . Force, A., Staples, T, Sherif, S. and Arking, R. (1995). Comparative biochemical and stress analysis of genetically selected Drosophila strains with different longevities. Devel. Genetics 17:340-351.

16. Arking, R., Force, A., Dudas, S. Buck, S. and Baker, G.T. III (1996). Factors contributing to the plasticity of the extended longevity phenotypes of Drosophila. Exp. Gerontol. 31:623-634.

17 . Hari, R., Burde, V. and R. Arking (1998). Preparation of a synthetic antibody specific for CuZn superoxide dismutase protein of Drosophila melanogaster. Exp. Gerontol. 33:227-237.

18 . R. Arking. 1998. Molecular basis of extended longevity in selected Drosophila strains. Current Sci. 74:859- 864.

19. Kuether, K. and R. Arking, 1999. Drosophila Selected for Extended Longevity Are More Sensitive to Heat Shock. AGE 22:175-180.

20 . R. Arking, V. Burde, K. Graves, R. Hari, S. Soliman, A. Saraiya, K. Sathrasala, S. Buck, N. Wehr, and R. Levine. 2000. Selection for longevity specifically alters antioxidant gene expression and oxidative damage patterns in Drosophila. Exp. Gerontol. 35(2): 167-185

21. R. Arking, V. Burde, K. Graves, R. Hari, S. Soliman, A. Saraiya, K. Sathrasala, and S. Buck. 2000. Identical longevity phenotypes are characterized by different patterns of gene expression and oxidative damage. Exp. Gerontol. 35(3): 353-373.

22 . Buck, S., J. Vettraino and R. Arking. 2000. Extended longevity of adult Drosophila is associated with significant developmental lethality. J. Gerontology: Biol. Sci. 55A:B292-B301.

23. Arking, R. 2001. Gene expression and regulation in the extended longevity phenotypes of Drosophila. N.Y. Acad. Sci. Annals: 928:157-167.

24 . Vettraino, J., S. Buck and R. Arking. 2001. Direct selection for paraquat resistance in Drosophila results in a different extended longevity phenotype. J. Gerontol.: Biol.Sci.: 56A: B415-B425.

25 . Arking, R. and C. Giroux. 2001. Antioxidant genes, hormesis, and demographic longevity. J. Anti-Aging Medicine 4:125-136.

26 . Novoseltsev, V.N., R. Arking, J.A. Novoseltseva and A.I. Yashin. 2002. Evolutionary optimality applied to Drosophila experiments: hypothesis of constrained reproductive efficiency. Evolution:56(6): 1136-1149.

27 . Buck , S.A. and R. Arking. 2002. Metabolic alterations in genetically selected Drosophila strains with different longevities. J. American Aging Assoc. 24:151-162.

28 . Arking, R. S. Buck, V.N. Novoseltsev, D-S Hwangbo and M. Lane. 2002. Genomic plasticity, energy allocations, and the extended longevity phenotypes of Drosophila. Aging Research Reviews 1:209-228.

29. Arking, R., S. Buck, D-S Hwangbo and M. Lane, 2002. Metabolic alterations and shifts in energy allocations are corequisites for the expression of extended longevity genes in Drosophila. Annals N.Y. Acad. Sci. 959: 251-262. (online at

30 . Arking, R., J. Novoseltsev, D-S. Hwangbo, V. Novoseltsev and M. Lane. 2002. Different age-specific demographic profiles are generated in the same normal-lived Drosophila strain by different longeivty stimuli. J. Gerontol.: Biol. Sci.57A:B390-B3999

31 . Kim, Y.S., H.J. Nam, N. D. Kim, H. Y. Chung, R. Arking, and M.A. Yoo. Role of xanthine dehydrogenase and aging on the innate immune response of Drosophila. J. American Aging Assoc. 24:187-194..

32. Novoseltsev, V.N., R. Arking, A.I. Yashin and J.A. Novoseltseva. 2002. Mathematical modeling of life history in humans and animals (In Russian; abstract in English). Proc. Inst. Control Sciences: Section “Control in Organizational and Medico-Biological Systems”: vol. XV, pp129-152.

33 . Arking, R., V. Novoseltsev and J. Novoseltseva. . 2004. The human life span is not that limited: Effects of multiple longevity phenotypes. J. Gerontology: Biol. Sci. 59A:697-704. ( Reprinted as Review Paper 15)

34. Novoseltsev, VN, R. Arking, JR Carey, JA Novoseltseva and AI Yashin. Individual fecundity in Drosophila and Medflies. Pp. 206-216 in Longevity, Aging and Degradation Models, vol. 1 (V. Antonov, C. Huber, M Nikulin and V. Polischook, eds.). St. Petersburg 2004.

35. Noveseltsev, VN, R. Arking, JR Carey, JA Novoseltseva and AI Yashin. 2005. Different Dipteran species display different patterns of reproductive senescence. J.Gerontology: Biol. Sci. Submitted, now in revison.

36. Novoseltsev VN, Arking R, Carey JR, Novoseltseva JA, Yashin AI. 2004. How an individual fecundity pattern looks in Drosophila and medflies. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1019:577-580.

37. Noveseltsev, VN, R. Arking, JR Carey, JA Novoseltseva and AI Yashin. 2005. Individual fecundity and senescence in Drosophila and medfly. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 60:953-962.

38. Arking, R (2005). Multiple Longevity Phenotypes and the Transition from Health to Senescence. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1057:1-12.

39. Arking, R. 2007. Human energetics and the predicted response to dietary restriction. Rejuvenation Research: In press.