Preparation of Baskets for Drosophila Egg Collections, Treatments, and Incubations
Adapted from Drosophila Protocols (eds. Sullivan et al.). CSHL Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2000.INTRODUCTION
The key consideration in preparation of baskets for Drosophila embryo collection is basket size, since the collected embryos must be in approximately one monolayer (or more). This article describes two baskets (homemade and commercial) used by the author for large numbers of embryos.
