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Physiological systems in insects [[electronic resource] /] / Marc J. Klowden
| Physiological systems in insects [[electronic resource] /] / Marc J. Klowden |
| Autore | Klowden Marc J |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Academic Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (699 p.) |
| Disciplina |
571.1/57
571.157 |
| Soggetto topico |
Insects - Physiology
Insects - Anatomy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-02930-0
9786611029302 0-08-055115-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; 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 VISUAL RECEPTORS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458637503321 |
Klowden Marc J
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| New York, : Academic Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physiological systems in insects [[electronic resource] /] / Marc J. Klowden
| Physiological systems in insects [[electronic resource] /] / Marc J. Klowden |
| Autore | Klowden Marc J |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Academic Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (699 p.) |
| Disciplina |
571.1/57
571.157 |
| Soggetto topico |
Insects - Physiology
Insects - Anatomy |
| ISBN |
1-281-02930-0
9786611029302 0-08-055115-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; 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 VISUAL RECEPTORS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784650403321 |
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Klowden Marc J
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| New York, : Academic Press, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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