Genomics, physiology and behaviour of social insects / / edited by Amro Zayed, Clement F. Kent ; contributors, Patrick Abbot [and twenty-three others]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.71782
• Soggetto topico: Insect societies; Insects - Genetics; Insects - Physiology; Insects - Behavior
• Persona (resp. second.): ZayedAmro; KentClement F.; AbbotPatrick
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Genomics, Physiology and Behaviour of Social Insects; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction to Advances in Insect Physiology: Genomics, Physiology and Behaviour of Social Insects; References; Chapter One: Old Threads Make New Tapestry-Rewiring of Signalling Pathways Underlies Caste Phenotypic Plasticity in the Ho ...; 1. Introduction; 2. Differential Feeding of Honey Bee Larvae; 3. The Secrets of Royal Jelly; 4. The Role of JH in Honey Bee Caste Development; 5. IIS, TOR and Egfr Pathway Activities in Honey Bee Caste Development ; 6. Endogenous Hypoxia in Worker Larvae-Convergence of Nutrient Signalling and Oxidative Metabolism7. Epigenetics and Caste Development; 8. Are There Commonalities Between Context-Dependent Signalling Pathways in Larval Caste Development and Adult Caste Funct ...; 9. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter Two: The Physiological and Genomic Bases of Bumble Bee Social Behaviour; 1. Introduction; 1.1. The B. terrestris colony life history; 1.2. The social history of the B. terrestris colony; 1.3. Alternative life history strategies ; 1.4. Ultimate mechanisms shaping bumble bee social behaviour2. Kin Conflict over Sex Ratios in Bumble Bees; 3. Behavioural, Physiological, and Genetic Traits Associated with the Solitary Phase; 3.1. Pre-mating and mating behaviour; 3.2. Diapause in newly mated queens; 3.3. Genomic mechanisms underlying the queen solitary phase; 4. Behavioural, Physiological, and Genetic Traits Associated With the Eusocial Phase; 4.1. Who wins the conflict over male production?; 4.2. Underlying hormonal mechanisms and queen effect on worker reproduction ; 4.3. The chemistry underlying queen-worker conflict over reproduction-Is there a queen pheromone?4.4. Genomic factors underlying queen-worker conflict; 5. Worker-Worker Conflict over Reproduction; 5.1. Rates of worker reproduction; 5.2. Worker reproductive hierarchy; 5.3. Aggression and hierarchy formation; 5.4. Chemical communication versus dominance behaviour; 5.5. Hormonal regulation of reproduction and dominance; 5.6. Genomic mechanisms underlying worker-worker conflict; 5.7. Factors affecting dominance and reproduction in workers ; 5.8. Drifting bees: Fortuitous error or intra-specific parasitism?5.9. Extrapolating from QL groups to whole QR colonies; 6. Larval Development and Mechanisms Underlying Caste Determination; 6.1. Larval development; 6.2. The critical period for caste determination; 6.3. Hormonal and genomic regulation of caste determination; 6.4. Physiological and social factors affecting caste determination; 6.5. Nutrition as a factor affecting caste determination; 6.6. The effect of queen-worker conflict on caste determination; 6.7. Is there a queen pheromone that regulates caste determination? ; 7. Conclusions and Future Directions
• Titolo autorizzato: Genomics, physiology and behaviour of social insects
• ISBN: 0-12-802348-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828992203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in insect physiology ; ; Volume 48.