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Titolo: | Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones |
Pubblicazione: | London, : Pitman |
Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, 1984 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, charts |
Disciplina: | 595.7/01927 |
Soggetto topico: | Insect hormones |
Insects - Physiology | |
Mollusks - Physiology | |
Photoperiodism | |
Note generali: | "Symposium on Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 12-14 July 1983"--Contents page. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Introduction: the links between 'wet' and 'dry' physiology; Unity and diversity in insect photoperiodism; Discussion; The circadian component in photoperiodic induction; Discussion; Photoperiod reception in spider mites: photoreceptor, clock and counter; Discussion; Long-night summation and programming of pupal diapause in the flesh-fly, Sarcophaga argyrostoma; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION; Effect of temperature on the photoperiodic clock in Megoura viciae |
Long- and short-day effects on diapause induction in Pyrrhocoris apterus; Genetic analysis of geographical variation in photoperiodic diapause and pupal eclosion rhythm in Drosophila littoralis; Discussion; Neuronal organization of a circadian clock in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae; Discussion; Circadian-clock control of hormone secretion in Samia Cynthia ricini; Discussion; Circadian control of haemolymph ecdysteroid titres and the ecdysis rhythm in Rhodnius prolixus; Discussion | |
Photoperiodic regulation of prothoracicotropic hormone release in late larval, prepupal and pupal stages of Sarcophaga bullata; Discussion; Reproductive endocrinology and photoperiodism in a terrestrial slug; Discussion; Photoperiodicity, rhythmicity and endocrinology of reproduction in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis; Discussion; Physiological aspects of the two oscillators that regulate the timing of eclosion in moths; Discussion; A hormonal basis for the photoperiodic control of polymorphism in aphids; Discussion | |
Environmental signals, the neuroendocrine system, and the regulation of larval diapause in the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella; Discussion; CONCLUDING GENERAL DISCUSSION; Models, hormone titres and clocks; Concluding comments; Index of contributors; Subject index | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones |
ISBN: | 1-280-78413-X |
9786613694522 | |
0-470-72085-9 | |
0-470-71855-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910144665503321 |
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