Artificial Rearing and Heavy Metal Tolerance in Cabbage White Butterflies

August 18, 2023

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Emilie C. Snell-Rood, Megan E. Kobiela²

¹Deptartment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,University of Minnesota, ²Biologie,Sweet Briar College

Summary

This paper presents a detailed protocol for rearing the cabbage white butterfly in controlled lab conditions with an artificial diet, which allows precise manipulations of early-life nutrition and toxin exposure. The representative results show how heavy metal toxicity can be assayed with this protocol.