Description
Product Details
Apterous (ap56f) Carolina® Easy Fly® Drosophila culture of virgin female flies that exhibit the autosomal recessive trait of significantly reduced or missing wings. The Easy Fly® system produces male-free cultures by selectively killing male larvae with a 2-hour heat shock treatment, leaving only virgin females alive. Easy Fly® males contain a modified Y* chromosome with a gene that activates programmed cell death when larvae are exposed to high temperatures. Since only males have a Y* chromosome with this gene, female larvae are unaffected.
Carolina performs the heat shock treatment in our laboratories, making your cultures ready to use upon arrival. For a complete guide on maintaining and studying Drosophila, including how to culture, anesthetize, and score them, and the genetic notations, consider our Carolina® Drosophila Manual (item #452620).
Note: When culture arrives, remove caps but leave plugs in place. Keep cultures out of sunlight and maintain at 68–77° F (20–25° C).
Product Features
- Each vial contains 12–20 female adult virgins; no larvae or pupae
- Flies ship in a vial with food