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I would need to do some experiments on ant pupae, but I should genotype them before procedures. As such I would be needing some body part for DNA extraction. I know adults do well after one leg...
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I'm separating the sexes of syrphidae flies.
10 May 2014 4,075 6 View
I'm looking for keys or descriptions to tarantulas of Mexico and North America, I have this: Smith A. 1994. Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the USA and México. Fitzgerald Publishing, London. 196...
05 May 2014 4,070 2 View
I working with tarantulas and have few specimens collected by location, some are different species (most). I would like to work with some diversity index but most use many samples of individuals...
05 May 2014 6,064 5 View
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We need to get in contact with experts in the taxonomy of cumaceans and tanaidaceans, preferably from European waters. Names or contact resources will be appreciated. .
28 March 2014 6,317 7 View
I have a group of students studying tardigrade distributions in a local woodland.
04 March 2014 8,891 3 View
About sea anemone, sea carpet (stichodactyla) or invertebrate.
03 March 2014 2,360 5 View
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see above
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We are planning a radio-tracking project on the Giant African Swallowtail - Papilio antimachus in Liberia. Of course, it will not be an easy task to do, so we would like to gather as much...
08 February 2014 7,509 28 View
I am wondering if anyone is aware of protocols for extracting DNA (Mitochondrial and nuclear) from formalin fixed invertebrate tissue? Has any of these methods worked repeatedly?
02 February 2014 2,096 6 View
Me and my colleague Ivaylo Dedov are in need of this paper for our writing on new Vitrea species.
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So far I am only aware of one modern karyotypic study on Nemerteans (Chen et al. 2007), and some reports on chromosomal numbers. But what about ploidy?
02 February 2014 9,472 0 View
I need to sex some specimens of Strigamia bothriopa from Connecticut. They are quite stiff and have been in ethanol for several decades. Non-destructive methods are preferred.
02 February 2014 1,187 1 View
From Car Nicobar islands, photographed last week. Retracts upon touching. Polychaete?
23 January 2014 4,935 18 View
I am analyzing parental effects on offspring glycogen in Drosophila.
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I'm working with some data where I have a matrix of environmental variables and two matrices of presence-absence data; one for a set of zooplankton species and one for a set of macroinvertebrates....
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