Mounting

Various mountants have been used in the procedures for histological preparations of insect tissues. Nevertheless, particular mountants and procedures for mounting specimens have been suggested specifically for insect tissues. The most widely known and widely used is of course balsam. This chapter pr...

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Published inInsect Histology pp. 194 - 207
Main Authors Barbosa, Pedro, Berry, Deborah, Kary, Christina K
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2014
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Subjects
adult Drosophila structures
course balsam
Hoyer's medium
mounting specimens
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:Various mountants have been used in the procedures for histological preparations of insect tissues. Nevertheless, particular mountants and procedures for mounting specimens have been suggested specifically for insect tissues. The most widely known and widely used is of course balsam. This chapter presents characteristics, procedures, and formula of balsam. It also presents balsam techniques of Wirth and Heming. The chapter describes Mounting of adult Drosophila structures in Hoyer's medium, C‐M medium and mounting in methyl salicylate.
ISBN:9781444336955
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1444336967
9781444336962
DOI:10.1002/9781118876114.ch8