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Removing odor cues

Posted by Anekeia on 09 Sep 2011 at 19:56 GMT

In between trials, we cleaned (soap and bleach), rinsed, and dried the chambers to remove all odor cues.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024299#article1.body1.sec2.sec4.sec3.p1

Even if this is a standard treatment, the claim that it removes 'all odor cues' detectable by the species tested requires further support.

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RE: Removing odor cues

Liyiming replied to Anekeia on 23 Sep 2011 at 01:22 GMT

We were not sure if it remove 'all odor cues' detectable by the species. However, our protocol should control errors among trials.

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