For the last sexing (Wednesday) before Thanksgiving break and the actual genetic crosses of the project, the cultures containing White eyed flies were focused on. Although the other cultures have seen hatchings, white eyed flies had the largest population growth that needed to be addressed in the shortened period.
37 new females and 21 males were accounted for.
For the vestigal flies, the tube containing the largest amount of slime mold was thrown out, because the contaminated food had begun to kill off the flies within that culture. However, the other vestigal culture is well, containing a healthy mixture of adult flies, larvae, and cacoons.
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