Ward's® Live Drosophila melanogaster - Chromosome II Mutants
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Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations.
Students can study sex-linked, recessive, and dominant mutations. Drosophila also make an excellent live food for mantises, small reptiles and amphibians. Drosophila demonstrates complete metamorphosis with egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages in its life cycle.
The pupae will usually appear within ten days of the ship date.
Ordering information: Please specify a delivery date during checkout.
Delivery information: These products contain living or perishable materials and will ship via overnight or 2nd day delivery.
During very cold weather, adult flies may die but eggs and larvae usually survive. Allow cultures to come to room temperature before checking under low magnification for eggs and live larvae.
Packaging: A large, vigorous culture is shipped in a shatterproof plastic vial.
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Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is widely used in genetic studies. They express a number of mutations such as eye, wing, and body mutations.
Students can study sex-linked, recessive, and dominant mutations. Drosophila also make an excellent live food for mantises, small reptiles and amphibians. Drosophila demonstrates complete metamorphosis with egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages in its life cycle.
The pupae will usually appear within ten days of the ship date.
Ordering information: Please specify a delivery date during checkout.
Delivery information: These products contain living or perishable materials and will ship via overnight or 2nd day delivery.
During very cold weather, adult flies may die but eggs and larvae usually survive. Allow cultures to come to room temperature before checking under low magnification for eggs and live larvae.
Packaging: A large, vigorous culture is shipped in a shatterproof plastic vial.
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- No. of StudentsAvailabilityPrice
- 470176-738Culture: Black Purple, Curved (Recessive)100Supplier Number: CALBP
- 470194-744Culture: Apterous (Wingless, Recessive)35Supplier Number: 876565
- 470194-738Culture: Vestigial35Supplier Number: 876572
- 470176-764Culture: Dumpy (Truncated Wings, Recessive)35Supplier Number: CALDUMP
- 470176-768Culture: Vestigial Brown (Vestigial Wings, Brown Eyes, Recessive)35Supplier Number: CALVEBRN
- 470176-770Culture: Lobe Eye (Dominant)35Supplier Number: 876610
- 470176-780Culture: Brown (Brown Eye, Recessive)35Supplier Number: CALBRN
- 470180-420Culture: Black35Supplier Number: CALBLACK
- 470180-422Culture: Vestigial Black35Supplier Number: CALBLKVES

