6.2: Fly slide analysis

Mounting and Examining the slides

Dissecting scopes (1 per student)

Compound scopes (1 per pair)

As many cameras as we have adaptors

Mounting medium

Hot blocks ~45C

Transfer pipets

slides

small coverslips (18 mm or cut the larger ones with a diamond glass scorer) 12-541A at Fisher

2 straight needles per student

1 scoop needle per pair

scissors to cut green tips (50 µL mounting medium per specimen)