Cage designs for Drosophila

[David]

I think you can find descriptions of how to do this in:

Drosophila: a practical approach/ edited by D.B. Roberts
Oxford: IRL, c1986

and in 

     Shaffer CD, et al. 
       Raising large quantities of Drosophila for biochemical experiments. 
       Methods Cell Biol. 1994;44:99-108. Review. No abstract available.
       PMID: 7707979; UI: 95223229.
(from Pubmed)

Other articles in the  same volume of 'Meth Cell Biol.' may also be useful.

Best wishes,

David


In article <361388A9.41221A29 at weizmann.ac.il>, botti at wotan.ens.fr wrote:

> Good day,
> 
> I need to construct (or buy) a cage to grow flies in order to collect an
> average of 2 grams of embryos (!) in gastrula stage ( I need them to purify a
> secreted protein that is only expressed by gastrulating embryos).
> 
> I would be very glad if any experts in growing large numbers of flies ( and
> collecting large quantities of embryos) could point me towards the best design
> for such a cage ( in case I'll decide to make it in-house), or towards any
> company that might cater to this particular need.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your time.
> 
> -- 
> Simone Botti 
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