How to extract and analyze pollen from internal organs and exoskeletons of fossil insects?

Autor(en)
Fridgeir Grimsson, Silvia Ulrich, Reinhard Zetter, Thomas Hörnschemeyer, Michael S. Engel, Sonja Wedmann
Abstrakt

Summary This protocol explains how to extract pollen from fossil insects with subsequent descriptions of pollen treatment. We also describe how to document morphological and ultrastructural features with light-microscopy and electron microscopy. It enables a taxonomic assignment of pollen that can be used to interpret flower-insect interactions, foraging and feeding behavior of insects, and the paleoenvironment. The protocol is limited by the state of the fossil, the presence/absence of pollen on fossil specimens, and the availability of extant pollen for comparison. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Wappler et al. (2015), Ulrich and Grímsson (2020), and Wedmann et al. (2021).

Organisation(en)
Department für Botanik und Biodiversitätsforschung, Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University of Kansas
Journal
STAR Protocols
Band
2
Seiten
1-19
Anzahl der Seiten
20
ISSN
2666-1667
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100923
Publikationsdatum
2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105117 Paläobotanik, 106008 Botanik, 105118 Paläontologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Medicine(all), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Immunology and Microbiology(all), Neuroscience(all)
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/how-to-extract-and-analyze-pollen-from-internal-organs-and-exoskeletons-of-fossil-insects(b8f0383c-3707-4c17-96bd-eddea0a83454).html