Fly Genetics

4 Kits   Loan period is 6 weeks

1 Crate per Kit

Students work with the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, one of the best model organisms for studying genetics, development, and behavior. In addition to basic information on handling the flies, the kit notebook has a number of interesting investigations that can be adapted for use with your students.  Some recommended activities are genetic crosses, polytene chromosome squashes, fly sperm observation, sexing flies, and testing fly behavior.

Includes:

• Fly food and anesthetic
• Great collection of teaching slides
• Magnifying loupes, small Petri dishes, general fly handling supplies
• Fly culture vials and stoppers
• Incubator
• Kit Inventory List (*)
  

NOTE: NO Flies in Kit!!!  To arrange for flies, contact:

Dr. Celeste Berg, University of Washington 

• berg@gs.washington.edu
• (206)543-1622

Or order on-line:

• http://berglab.gs.washington.edu/hs.html
• FlyBase  http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/stocks

Allow at least 4 weeks for the order; 2 weeks to receive the flies and 2 weeks to propagate them for class use.

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