From owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Nov 7 14:40:53 2002 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E2217D15A for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:40:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD1557D167 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:40:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6020) id 3DFFB7D15A; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:40:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69ACF7D14A for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 01:08:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net (newsmaster1.news.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.77.50]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5657A7D149 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 01:08:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net (newsread2.pvt [10.4.2.52]) by newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA23432 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:08:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from news@localhost) by newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id RAA16726; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:08:36 -0800 (PST) To: bionet-drosophila@net.bio.net From: Chris Jones <6kuritaro@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Subject: Re: from a high school teacher References: <20021030.212224.11630.8.rkurtz3@juno.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) Message-ID: <6kuritaro-80DA0A.20115506112002@nnrp05.earthlink.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1036631315 63.214.214.27 (Wed, 06 Nov 2002 17:08:35 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 17:08:35 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:40:52 +0000 (GMT) X-Razor-id: 24024a56c6b22b61b8ebe9ca27488de7fb6cd461 Sender: owner-dros@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk > Is there information out there related to the important nutrients needed > for fruit flies especially as larvae. > For example vitamins that are antioxidants? > Or are there certain nutrients that may protect flies against oxidants > and/or mutations. Possibly, but I don't know that area of research. Have you tried searching the reference database in FlyBase? > Are there safe ways for students to mutate flies? Depends a whole lot on the students: by definition, most mutagens are potentially dangerous. Chemicals such as EMS are often used, but I'd be wary of letting students use the stuff. Perhaps a friendly dentist will let you use his X-ray equipment (or actually, will mutate them for you). A very safe method is using a genetic mutagen such as P-elements, but this is a more time-consuming route. And it isn't a mode of mutation that nutrients would (presumably) protect against. Chris Jones -- To reply by email, please remove the initial digit from my address. Make the world a better place: shoot a spammer today! .