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Example sentences for: instar

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As slimb null mutants die as first instar larvae, direct analysis of the mutant discs was not possible.
This amount roughly corresponds to 300 cells of the third instar wing imaginal disc.
We next sought to validate the predicted miRNAs by northern blot of total RNA isolated from 0-24 hour embryos, third instar larvae and early pupae, and adult males.
First, BAC tiling path clones were mapped by in situ hybridization to the polytene salivary gland chromosomes of third instar larvae, which serves as an unambiguously correct physical map.
In the absence of heat shock, slimb homozygotes exhibited the early lethality of slimb mutants, but a single 30 minute heat shock at 37°C during first instar was enough to allow some larvae to reach the wandering third instar stage 4 days later.