Fig. 1From: Traumatic injury in female Drosophila melanogaster affects the development and induces behavioral abnormalities in the offspringProcedure of inducing traumatic injury in flies. A plastic tube (10 ml) was cut below the cap, and it was marked at 2 ml and 8 ml. The flies were transferred into the tube and pushed down to the 2-ml mark by a cotton plug (A). The plastic tube was then inserted into a spring up to the 8-ml mark (B). As shown C, the spring was then lifted by holding the spring at its 12-cm mark so that the spring could touch the stand. After that, the spring was released to hit the platform jack, which had a 2-cm-thick wooden plateBack to article page