Description
Material provided: Whole mosquitoes, dissected tissues, or extracts
Unit definition: 100 preserved mosquitoes (50 if dissected)
Vector information
Family: Mosquitoes
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes albopictus
Strain Name: ALMONTPELLIER-Infravec
Place of origin: Montpellier, France
Date of colonisation: 2018
Production protocol
Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled conditions of 150–200 larvae per 1 liter and fed with one yeast tablet renewed every 3–4 days. Adults are kept in cages at 28±1°C with a 16h: 8h light: dark cycle, 80% relative humidity, and supplied with a 10% sucrose solution.
Product options
Please specify in your request:
Whole or dissected: 100 whole mosquitoes; or 50 dissected midguts, salivary glands or ovaries
Form of material:
- Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, fixed in 70% ethanol, formalin, or other fixative: useful for DNA extraction from 70% ethanol, immunohistochemistry, not useful for RNA experiments or proteomics.
- Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, homogenised in a lysis buffer such as Trizol: useful for RNA, DNA and protein experiments.
- Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, frozen at -80°C or stored in RNALater useful for RNA, DNA and protein experiments.
- Other formats or preparations may be possible by request, contact us.
Sample size: For larger sample sizes, request more units.
Publication
- Bellone R, Lechat P, Mousson L, Gilbart V, Piorkowski G, Bohers C, Merits A, Kornobis E, Reveillaud J, Paupy C, Vazeille M, Martinet JP, Madec Y, De Lamballerie X, Dauga C, Failloux AB. Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a multi-omics approach of temperature-induced changes in the mosquito. J Travel Med. 2023 Jun 23;30(4):taad062. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad062. PMID: 37171132.
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