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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816952403321

Autore

Markow Therese Ann

Titolo

Drosophila [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to species identification and use / / Therese A. Markow, Patrick M. O'Grady

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, UK ; ; Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-63794-3

9786610637942

0-08-045409-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'GradyPatrick M

Disciplina

595.774 22

Soggetti

Drosophila

Drosophilidae

Genetics - Research

Genomics - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ch. 1. Phylogenetic relationships of drosophilidae -- Ch. 2. Morphological characters -- Ch. 3. Key to species -- Ch. 4. Collecting Drosophila in the wild -- Ch. 5. Distribution -- Ch. 6. Handling wild-caught specimens -- Ch. 7. Life history variation -- Ch. 8. How to use ecological and life history information to rear flies -- Ch. 9. Dietary considerations -- Ch. 10. Avoiding experimental artifacts : using information about life history and other differences in experimental design -- Ch. 11. Troubleshooting -- Ch. 12. Links to sources for supplies and equipment.

Sommario/riassunto

Anyone wishing to tap the research potential of the hundreds of Drosophila species in addition to D.melanogaster will finally have a single comprehensive resource for identifying, rearing and using this diverse group of insects. This is the only group of higher eukaryotes for which the genomes of 12 species have been sequenced.The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster continues to be one of the greatest sources of information regarding the principles of heredity that apply to all animals, including humans. In reality, however, over a thousand different species of Drosophila exist, each with