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The Precipitin Test as an Entomological Tool

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. S. West
A. S. West
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Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingstan, Ontario.
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The current rapid advance in many fields of biology is being facilitated by the discovery of new ‘tools’ or the extended application of old ‘tools’. Radioactive isotopes, paper chromatography, the electron microscope and cytogenetics are but a few examples. Entomology is benefiting by the use of these tools. Recently the serological reaction known as the precipitin test is being more frequently applied in numerous biological studies. It is the purpose of this paper to point out the uses of the precipitin test in Entomology.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 82 , Issue 12 , December 1950 , pp. 241 - 244
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1950

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