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Rapid Method for Mounting Nematodes in Glycerine1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. D. Baker
Affiliation:
Nematode Investigations Section, Laboratory of Entomology, Ottawa

Extract

The prevailing method of preparing glycerine mounts of nematodes consists essentially of transferring the specimens from the fixative to 1.5-2.0 per cent glycerine in water and then allowing the water to evaporate very slowly until the nematodes are in pure glycerine. By this method evaporation is completed in not less than four weeks as any attempt to hurry this process will distort the specimens. A desiccator is used to complete the removal of the water from the glycerine.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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References

1 Contribution No. 3065, Division of Entomology, Science Service, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.