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1
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Insect with nymph stages before adult stage

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Hemimetabolous insect

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2
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Storage for sperm within the female Dm’s body

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Seminal receptacle and paired spermathecae

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3
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Characteristics of Dm eggs

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One half mm in lengthWhiteOval shapedSlightly flattened

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4
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Inner thin membrane surrounding the ovum

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Vitelline envelope

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5
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Outer, tough extracellular coat surrounding the ovum

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Chorion

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6
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Surface of Dm from which the respiratory filaments emerge

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Dorsal surface

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7
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Extensions of the chorion found at the anterior end of the Dm egg, functions in gas exchange

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Respiratory filaments

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8
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Optimal temperature for Dm egg hatching

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25 degC

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9
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Largest of all larval forms

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Third instar larva

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10
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Name for adult fly

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Imago

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11
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Undifferentiated, mitotic cells within the Dm larva

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Imaginal discs and histoblasts

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12
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Cells that will form epidermal structures of the adult Dm

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Imaginal discs

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13
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Stage wherein imaginal discs evert and differentiate into adult structures

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Pupal stage

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14
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Cells in larva that form the abdominal epidermis and internal organs of adult

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Histoblasts

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15
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Recognized within larva as clumps of small cells

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Histoblasts

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16
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Teardrop shaped epithelial cells in larva

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Imaginal discs

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17
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Process of emerging as an adult from the pupa or as a larva from the egg

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Eclosion

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18
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Time of day wherein females produce the greatest number of eggs

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Late afternoon, evening

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19
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Differences between male and female Dm

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Males have black pigmentation on the posterior abdominal segment; shorter abdomen (six segments), have a sex combFemales don’t have black pigmentation; have eight abdominal segments; don’t have a sex comb

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20
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Bristles found on the end of the first segment of the front legs of male Dm

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Sex comb

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21
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What comprises an acceptance signal from a female Dm during mating?

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Slowing down, extrusion of ovipositor, spreading of wings

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22
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What comprises a rejection from a female Dm during mating?

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Kicking with hind legs, fending with middle legs, flicking of wings, buzzing sound, rapid movement, extrusion of genitalia

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23
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Organs through which female Dms perceive the love song

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Antennae

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24
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Process by which male Dms generate their love song

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Vibration of one wing

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25
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Feathery extensions of antennae that augment vibrations

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Aristae

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26
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Segment of antennae that senses vibrations during mating

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Johnston’s organ

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27
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Segment wherein Johnston’s organ is found

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Second segment of antennae

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28
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Organ male Dms extend to touch female Dm genitalia

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Proboscis

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29
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Process by which egg emerges from female Dm ovipositor

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Oviposition

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30
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Way eggs emerge from the female Dm ovipositor

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Posterior end first

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31
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Mold inhibitor used in culturing Dm

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Propionic acid

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32
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Function of propionic acid

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Mold inhibitor

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33
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Balanced salt solution which allows continued development of egg until hatching

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Ringer’s solution

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34
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What composes insect Ringer’s solution?

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NaCl, KCl, CaCl2

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35
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Extensions of the chorion

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Respiratory filaments and micropyle

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36
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Channel through which sperm travels towards the ovum

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Micropyle

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37
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Substitute for insect Ringer’s solution

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PBS

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38
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Dye used to visualize Dm ornamental markings

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Toluidine blue

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39
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Leaves impressions on the chorion prior to ovulation

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Ovarian follicle cells

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40
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Impressions left by ovarian follicle cells on Dm egg chorion

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Ornamental markings

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41
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Advantages of respiratory filaments as respiratory organs of Dm

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Minimal water loss, maximized gas exchange

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42
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A film of gas surrounding the respiratory filaments when submerged

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Plastron

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43
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Allows respiratory filaments to function even when submerged

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Plastron

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44
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Maintains plastron

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Water-repellent surface network of respiratory filaments

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45
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Type of egg wherein yolk is concentrated centrally and cytoplasm is pushed to the periphery

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Centrolecithal egg

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46
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Nuclear division

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Karyokinesis

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47
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Cleavage of cytoplasm

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Cytokinesis

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48
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Usual process of cleavage (not like the formation of a multinucleate cell in early Drosophila development)

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Karyokinesis then cytokinesis

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49
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Stage of Dm embryo wherein many nuclei are lined up in the peripheral cytoplasm

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Syncytial blastoderm

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50
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Multinucleate tissue in which cell membranes don’t completely separate the nuclei

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Syncytium

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51
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Stage of Dm embryo wherein cell membranes grow inward between peripheral nuclei, separating off individual cells from inner yolky cytoplasm

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Cellular blastoderm

52
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Pattern of cleavage in Dm embryo

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Superficial or peripheral cleavage

53
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First cells that form during cellularization

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Pole cells

54
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End of embryo where pole cells form

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Posterior end

55
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Origin of primordial germ cells

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Pole cells

56
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Fate of pole cells

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Primordial germ cells

57
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Fate of primordial germ cells

58
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Process following cleavage

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Gastrulation

59
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Insect with larval and pupal stage prior to adult stage

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Holometabolous insect

60
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Larval organs that are preserved

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Malpighian tubules, fat bodies, gonads, nervous system

61
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What regions comprise the head? (3)

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mandibular, maxillary, labial

62
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How many thoracic segments?

63
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How many abdominal segments?

64
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Segments that form the telson

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Abdominal segments 9 and 10

65
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Brings food to the mouth

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mouth hooks

66
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Does the larva have eyes?

67
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hardened outer covering of flies, made of chitin with protein called sclerotin

68
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What is distributed over the cuticle?

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sensory bristles

69
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long white sheets running the length of the body

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Fat bodies

70
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Lateral to the esophagus

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salivary glands

71
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Sequence of compartments of GI tract

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Pharynx –> Esophagus –> Proventriculus –> Gastric area –> midgut –> hindgut

72
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Proventriculus empties into what?

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gastric area

73
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Excretory organs that carry urinary waste from the body

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Malpighian tubules

74
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Type of circulatory system?

75
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Bathes the internal organs

76
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Nine pairs of discs + 1 disc

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labial, clypeolabrum, humerus, antenna, wing, haltere, 3 pairs of leg discs. genital disc

77
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Chromosomes that replicate without separating

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polytene chromosomes

78
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What layer transforms into the puparium?

79
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Marks the end of pupation and beginning of adult life

80
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White puparium

81
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Brown puparium

82
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Bubble prepupa

83
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Buoyant/moving bubble

84
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Malpighian tubules white

85
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Green Malpighian tubules

86
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Yellow body

87
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Yellow eyed

88
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Amber eyed

89
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Red eyed

90
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Head and thoracic bristles

91
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Wings grey

92
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Wings black

93
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Green patch

94
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Waste products of pupal metabolism

95
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Eclosion

96
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Appearance of green patch

97
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Layer of cells formed in embryo during cleavage

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blastoderm

98
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A furrow in the head region

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cephalic furrow

99
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Principal component of cuticle

100
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Removal of the chorion

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Dechorionation

101
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Row of small hooks that help larva move by gripping substrate

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denticle belt

102
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Another word for molting

103
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Simple eye containing a single light-perceivng element covered by a lens

104
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Light-sensitive elements of the compound eye

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ommatidium

105
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Where larva exits

106
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What stages are considered to be prepupa?

107
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What stages are considered to be pupal?

108
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Mouth parts of adult fly

109
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helps male pull himself up onto the female’s back during mating

110
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Color of the filter you will use to increase contrast of orange?

111
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Germ layer that gives rise to epidermis/ectoderm

112
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3 main functions of the condenser

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control concentrate collect

113
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The process of turning inside out

114
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Footprints of ovarian follicle cells on the embryo

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ornamental markings

115
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number of eggs a femal Dm lays in one day

116
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Prevents growth of molds/other bacteria

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propionic acid

117
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fertilization with more the one sperm cell

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polyspermy

118
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Process of turning inside out

119
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Embryological tool for fin manipulation and dissection of embryos

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microneedle

120
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Number of spiracles in a first instar larva

121
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Considered the Mercedes of all lenses

A

Planapochromat

122
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Rotate polarized lightd

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birefringence

123
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sac on the fly head which becomes filled with blood to break open the operculum

124
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term used to describe Dm embroy before cleavage

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syncytial blastoderm

125
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second indication that larva enters pupation

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stops moving

126
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Process of egg laying in Dm

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oviposition

MBB 142 Lab First Exam (8 decks)

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