Article
Visible mutation induction in Mormoniella by low frequency ultrasonic energy.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Grubbs S C, Conner G W
Abstract excerpt
Low frequency ultrasonic energy was utilized in an attempt to induce visible mutations in the parasitoid wasp Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker). Ultrasonic exposure at a frequency of 20,000 cycles per second was accomplished in aqueous medium with a commercially obtained energy source. Among the 2...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Hymenoptera
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pupa
- Ultrasonics
- Wasps