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UNINA9910458637503321 |
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Klowden Marc J |
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Physiological systems in insects [[electronic resource] /] / Marc J. Klowden |
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New York, : Academic Press, c2007 |
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1-281-02930-0 |
9786611029302 |
0-08-055115-7 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (699 p.) |
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Insects - Physiology |
Insects - Anatomy |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front cover; Physiological Systems in Insects; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Endocrine Systems; TYPES OF HORMONE RELEASE SITES IN INSECTS; EARLY EXPERIMENTS THAT SET THE STAGE FOR OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING; TYPE OF HORMONES IN INSECTS; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE; ECDYSTEROIDS; THE JUVENILE HORMONES; OTHER NEUROPEPTIDES FOUND IN INSECTS; VERTEBRATE-TYPE HORMONES IN INSECTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2: Integumentary Systems; INSECT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH; ORIGINS OF HOLOMETABOLY; INSTARS, STADIA, AND HIDDEN PHASES; STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT |
MODIFIED FEATURES OF THE INTEGUMENTCHEMISTRY OF THE CUTICLE; THE MOLTING PROCESS; ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF MOLTING; ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF GROWTH; ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF METAMORPHOSIS; METAMORPHOSIS AND THE RADICALLY CHANGING CUTICLE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3: Developmental Systems; INSECT EGGS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4: Reproductive Systems; FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; VITELLOGENESIS; ENDOCRINOLOGY OF FEMALE REPRODUCTION; |
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OVULATION, FERTILIZATION, AND OVIPOSITION; MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS; UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS OF INSECT REPRODUCTION; MATING SYSTEMS; REFERENCES |
CHAPTER 5: Behavioral SystemsWAYS OF LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR; GENETIC BASIS OF INSECT BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY; HORMONAL REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; INSECT SLEEP AND AROUSAL PATTERNS; PHYSIOLOGY OF SYNCHRONOUS BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY OF POLYPHENISMS; PHYSIOLOGY OF TEMPORAL POLYETHISMS; PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIORS ACCOMPANYING METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY OF ECLOSION BEHAVIORS; PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS; PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIORAL MODULATION BY PARASITES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6: Metabolic Systems; THE INSECT ALIMENTARY TRACT; BASIC GUT STRUCTURE |
METABOLIC PROCESSES IN INSECTSDIAPAUSE AS A METABOLIC PROCESS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7: Circulatory Systems; STRUCTURE OF THE INSECT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM; IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN INSECTS; THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8: Excretory Systems; MAJOR EXCRETORY PRODUCTS IN INSECTS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MECHANISM OF MALPIGHIAN TUBULE SECRETION; HINDGUT AND RECTUM; CRYPTONEPHRIDIAL SYSTEM; FILTER CHAMBER; HORMONAL CONTROL OF EXCRETION AND OSMOREGULATION; STORAGE EXCRETION; OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9: Respiratory Systems |
BRINGING OXYGEN TO INSECT CELLSTHE TRACHEAL SYSTEM; MODIFICATIONS THAT INCREASE OXYGEN UPTAKE; NONRESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS OF TRACHEAL SYSTEMS; DISCONTINUOUS GAS EXCHANGE; AQUATIC RESPIRATION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10: Locomotor Systems; BASIC STRUCTURE OF INSECT MUSCLES; TYPES OF INSECT MUSCLES; EVOLUTION OF INSECT WINGS; MUSCLES INVOLVED IN WING MOVEMENTS; FLIGHT MUSCLE METABOLISM; TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11: Nervous Systems; BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; THE VISCERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SENSING THE ENVIRONMENT |
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As the largest living group on earth, insects can provide us with insight into adaptation, evolution, and survival. The 2nd edition of this standard text for insect physiology courses and entomologists provides the most comprehensive analysis of the systems that make insects important contributors to our environment. Physiological Systems in Insects discusses the role of insect molecular biology, nueroendocrinology, biochemistry, and genetics in our understanding of insects. Organized according to insect physiological functions, this book is fully updated with the latest and foundationa |
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UNINA9910459100903321 |
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Autore |
Plotz John <1967-> |
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Portable property [[electronic resource] ] : Victorian culture on the move / / John Plotz |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
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1-282-15782-5 |
9786612157820 |
1-4008-2893-7 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Material culture in literature |
Property in literature |
Personal belongings in literature |
Sentimentalism in literature |
National characteristics, British, in literature |
Expatriation in literature |
British - Foreign countries |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-255) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface Getting Hold Of Portable Property -- Introduction The Global, The Local, And The Portable -- Chapter One. Discreet Jewels: Victorian Diamond Narratives and the Problem of Sentimental Value -- Chapter Two. The First Strawberries in India: Cultural Portability Abroad -- Chapter Three. Someone Else's Knowledge: Race and Portable Culture in Daniel Deronda -- Chapter Four. Locating Lorna Doone: R. D. Blackmore, F. H. Burnett, and the Limits of English Regionalism -- Chapter Five. Going Local: Characters and Environments in Thomas Hardy's Wessex -- Chapter Six. Nowhere and Everywhere: The End of Portability in William Morris's Romances -- Conclusion Is Portability Portable? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? In Portable Property, John Plotz examines the new role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. In an empire defined as much by the circulation of capital as by force of arms, the challenge of preserving Englishness while living overseas became a central Victorian preoccupation, creating a pressing need for objects that could readily travel abroad as personifications of Britishness. At the same time a radically new relationship between cash value and sentimental associations arose in certain resonant mementoes--in teacups, rings, sprigs of heather, and handkerchiefs, but most of all in books. Portable Property examines how culture-bearing objects came to stand for distant people and places, creating or preserving a sense of self and community despite geographic dislocation. Victorian novels--because they themselves came to be understood as the quintessential portable property--tell the story of this change most clearly. Plotz analyzes a wide range of works, paying particular attention to George Eliot's Daniel Deronda, Anthony Trollope's Eustace Diamonds, and R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone. He also discusses Thomas Hardy and William Morris's vehement attack on the very notion of cultural portability. The result is a richer understanding of the role of objects in British culture at home and abroad during the Age of Empire. |
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