Establishing laboratory cultures and performing ecological and evolutionary experiments with the emerging model species Chironomus riparius

• Published in: Journal of applied entomology (1986) Vol. 143; no. 5; pp. 584 - 592
• Main Authors: Foucault, Quentin, Wieser, Andreas, Waldvogel, Ann‐Marie, Pfenninger, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Biological evolution; Chironomus; Chironomus riparius; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; experimental evolution; Experimental methods; experiments; Fruit flies; Genomics; laboratory cultures; long term; methods; Mutation; Population genetics; Recombination; Research methodology; Species

Chironomus riparius is a well‐established model organism in various fields such as ecotoxicology and ecology, and therefore, environmental preferences, ecological interactions and metabolic traits are well‐studied. With the recent publication of a high‐quality draft genome, as well as different popu...