Aspirator gun for high-throughput mosquito bioassays.

نویسندگان

  • Robert L Aldridge
  • W Wayne Wynn
  • Seth C Britch
  • Kenneth J Linthicum
چکیده

We describe an innovative aspirator gun designed to transfer individual anesthetized mosquitoes directly into glass bioassay tubes. The gun has been used for thousands of transfers with extremely low associated mortality and is the central component of a high-throughput bioassay system. The gun is constructed using readily obtainable materials and can be modified for a range of insects.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

دوره 28 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012