• What is the general outline of the laboratory project?

• How do I prepare a culture vial to maintain fruit flies?

• How do I anesthetize the fruit flies?

• How do I sex adult fruit flies?

• How do I sex fruit flies in the pupa case?

• How do I make a subculture to maintain a wild or mutant stock?

• How do I make a parental (P) cross to obtain F₁ offspring?

• How do I make an F₁ X F₁ cross to obtain F₂ offspring?

• What information should I record in my laboratory notebook for subcultures and crosses?

• How do I report and analyze the results, and report the conclusions of my laboratory project?  
   
   

CONTACT PERSON:  Robert Weibust - weibust@mnstate.edu

LAST UPDATE:  4/25/04

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