Chemical ecology : the chemistry of biotic interaction / / Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 574.5
• Soggetto topico: Chemical ecology
• Altri autori: EisnerThomas <1929-2011.> MeinwaldJerrold <1927-2018.>
• Note generali: "National Academy of Sciences"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Chemical Ecology""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Chemistry of Defense: Theory and Practice""; ""DISTRIBUTION OF DEFENSES""; ""PATTERNS OF ALLOCATION""; ""SPECIAL CASE: HUMAN CHEMICAL DEFENSES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Poisons in Amphibian Skin""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Phyletic Dominance""; ""ARTHROPOD CHEMICAL DEFENSES""; ""SPIDER VENOMS""; ""CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARTHROPOD DOMINANCE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Social Regulation: Multicomponent Signals in Ant Societies""; ""PHEROMONE BLENDS"" ; ""MODULATION AND RITUALIZATION OF MULTICOMPONENT SIGNALS""""NESTMATE RECOGNITION AND EXCLUSION OF FOREIGNERS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Eavesdropping, Alarm, and Deceit""; ""EAVESDROPPING""; ""ALARM""; ""DECEIT""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Polydnavirus-Facilitated Endoparasite Protection Against Host Immune Defenses""; ""IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENTAL ARREST""; ""DIVERSE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PARASITIZATION""; ""POLYDNAVIRUSES: GENERAL FEATURES""; ""POLYDNAVIRUS EXPRESSION IN THE HOST""; ""VIRAL MULTIGENE FAMILIES"" ; ""CYSTEINE-RICH GENE FAMILY""""GENE STRUCTURE OF WHV1.0, WHV1.6, AND VHV1.1""; ""OPEN READING FRAMES OF THE CYSTEINE-RICH GENES""; ""VENOM-RELATED GENE FAMILY""; ""REPEAT GENE FAMILY""; ""PARASITE-VIRUS-HOST""; ""SEGMENTED VIRUS GENOMES: EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE""; ""GENE FAMILIES: EVOLUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Gamete Attraction: Chemical Structures, Biosynthesis, and (A)biotic Degradation of ...""; ""BROWN ALGAE AND THEIR PHEROMONES""; ""BIOSYNTHESIS OF C11 HYDROCARBONS IN HIGHER AND LOWER PLANTS (PHAEOPHYCEAE)"" ; ""(A)BIOTIC DEGRADATION OF ALGAL PHEROMONES""""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Sex Attraction""; ""OVERT CHEMICAL SIGNALS""; ""Rapid Identification of Pheromone Components with the Electroantennogram""; ""Complex Structures vs. Specific Blends""; ""SEX PHEROMONE PRODUCTION""; ""Key Biosynthetic Enzymes""; ""Hormonal Control""; ""PHEROMONE PERCEPTION""; ""Peripheral Detection""; ""Plume Structure""; ""Behavioral Thresholds""; ""Brain Black Box""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Sexual Selection""; ""DEFENSE""; ""COURTSHIP""; ""SEXUAL SELECTION"" ; ""PARENTAL INVESTMENT""""SPERM SELECTION""; ""ADDITIONAL FINDINGS""; ""THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""The Chemistry of Signal Transduction""; ""SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN T CELLS AND THE ROLE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS""; ""IMMUNOPHILINS AND THEIR COMPLEXES""; ""STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON IMMUNOPHILIN-IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT COMPLEXES""; ""FK506 AND PEPTIDOMIMICRY""; ""BROADER PERSPECTIVE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chemical Signals in the Marine Environment: Dispersal, Detection, and Temporal Signal Analysis"" ; ""SIGNAL RECEPTION AND ANALYSIS: TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS TO DETERMINE SPATIAL GRADIENTS""
• Sommario/riassunto: This book highlights selected research areas that are contributing to advancement of the field of chemical ecology. Leading experts review the chemistry of insect defense; phyletic dmoninance; social regulation; eavesdropping, alarm, and deceit; and reproduction.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chemical ecology
• ISBN: 9786610211074; 9780309176187; 0309176182; 9781280211072; 1280211075; 9780309588096; 030958809X; 9780585023120; 0585023123
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961799003321
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