Identifying the Terminal Growth Phase in Mosquitoes
| dc.contributor | Frankino, W. Anthony | |
| dc.contributor.author | Keim, Rebecca | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-27T15:51:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-27T15:51:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We initially had great difficulty rearing larvae through the 4th instar. We hypothesized that larvae suffered from a local pathogen, and spent weeks refining protocols to circumvent this problem. In late September, we switched to a different larval food supplier, and have now reared larvae to adulthood. Preliminary trials indicate that the TGP occurs essentially at the onset of the final (4th) larval instar and lasts ~four days at 22C. Trials are currently underway to quantify the degree and pattern of intra- and interspecific nutritionally-induced phenotypic plasticity in the size of morphological traits and the body. | |
| dc.description.department | Biology and Biochemistry, Department of | |
| dc.description.department | Honors College | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10657/2501 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship | |
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| dc.title | Identifying the Terminal Growth Phase in Mosquitoes | |
| dc.type | Poster |