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Measurement of solid food intake in Drosophila via consumption-excretion of a dye tracer

Although the Drosophila melanogaster (fly) model is a popular platform for investigating diet-related phenomena, it can be challenging to measure the volume of agar-based food media flies consume. We addressed this challenge by developing a dye-based method called Consumption-Excretion (Con-Ex). In...

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Autores principales: Shell, Brandon C., Schmitt, Rebecca E., Lee, Kristen M., Johnson, Jacob C., Chung, Brian Y., Pletcher, Scott D., Grotewiel, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30068981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29813-9