Pubbl/distr/stampa	[New York], : Wiley-Liss, Inc., : [Alan R. Liss]
Disciplina	595
Soggetto topico	Insect biochemistry Insects - Physiology Biochemistry Insecta - physiology Insectes - Physiologie Insectes - Biochimie Biochimie biochemistry Insekten Tierphysiologie Zeitschrift Online-Ressource Biochemie
Soggetto genere / forma	Periodical periodicals. Periodicals. Périodiques.
ISSN	1520-6327
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Insect biochemistry and physiology
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910145203103321

Autore	Morgan E. David (Eric David)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (225 p.)
Disciplina	571.157
Soggetto topico	Insects - Physiology Biosynthesis
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-84755-026-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	01PRELIM; 02PREFAC; 03ACKNOW; 04CONTEN; 05CHAP1; 06CHAP2; 07CHAP3; 08CHAP4; 09CHAP5; 10CHAP6; 11CHAP7; 12CHAP8; 13CHAP9; 14CHAP10; 15A-Z; 16PLATES; 17APPEND; 18SUBIND
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455226303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (185 pages)
Disciplina	595.7051
Collana	Entomology Monographs
Soggetto topico	Insects - Behavior Insects - Physiology
ISBN	981-336-598-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Freezing and Tonic Immobility: Their Definitions and Naming -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Freezing and TI -- 1.2.1 A Rat and a Cat -- 1.2.1.1 Step 1 (Encounter, Fig. 1.1A-1) -- 1.2.1.2 Step 2 (Approach, Fig. 1.1A-2) -- 1.2.1.3 Step 3 (Imminent Attack, Fig. 1.1A-3) -- 1.2.1.4 Step 4 (Attack, Fig. 1.1A-4) -- 1.2.2 A Beetle and a Toad -- 1.2.2.1 Step 1 (Encounter, Fig. 1.1B-1) -- 1.2.2.2 Step 2 (Approach, Fig. 1.1B-2) -- 1.2.2.3 Step 3 (Attack, Fig. 1.1B-3) -- 1.3 Mechanisms of Freezing -- 1.3.1 Vertebrates -- 1.3.2 Insects -- 1.4 Mechanisms of TI -- 1.4.1 Animals -- 1.4.2 Brief History of TI Studies -- 1.4.3 General Features and Neural Mechanisms of TI -- 1.4.3.1 Vertebrates -- 1.4.3.2 Hypotheses of TI Based on Vertebrate Study -- 1.4.3.3 Insects -- 1.5 Naming -- 1.5.1 Freezing -- 1.5.2 TI -- References -- Chapter 2: Historical Review on Thanatosis with Special Reference to the Work of Fritz Steiniger -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Which Kind of Stimuli Induce or Abolish the Cataleptic State? -- 2.3 Localization of "Center of Cataleptic State" -- 2.4 The Ecological Importance of the Cataleptic State -- 2.5 Evolutionary Considerations -- 2.6 Definitions of Various Animal Immobilities by Steiniger -- 2.7 Conditions for Inducing Immobility in an Animal -- 2.8 Problems with the Term "Animal Hypnosis" -- References -- Chapter 3: The Function of Tonic Immobility: Review and Prospectus -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Problems in the Study of the Function of TI -- 3.2.1 Confusion with Similar Concepts -- 3.2.2 Misunderstandings Due to the Meanings Contained in the Terms -- 3.3 Case Studies of the Function of TI -- 3.3.1 Specialized TI Posture for Gape-Limited Predators -- 3.3.1.1 Defensive Mechanism of TI -- 3.3.1.2 Effectiveness of the Defense -- 3.3.1.3 Predator Specificity of TI Defense -- 3.3.1.4 Generality of Function. 3.3.2 Instantaneous Switching of Defensive Coloration -- 3.3.3 Proactive Dropping and TI as a "Side Effect" -- 3.3.4 Other Studies on TI Functions -- 3.4 Future Perspective -- References -- Chapter 4: Environmental, Physiological, and Genetic Effects on Tonic Immobility in Beetles -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 General Feature of Tonic Immobility in the Beetles Used -- 4.3 Taxonomic Distribution -- 4.4 Phenotypic Plasticity: Two Modes in Insects -- 4.4.1 Pre-Stimulus Behaviors -- 4.4.2 Circadian Rhythm -- 4.4.3 Mating -- 4.4.4 Starvation -- 4.4.5 Ambient Temperature -- 4.4.6 Body Size -- 4.4.7 Age -- 4.4.8 Season -- 4.4.9 Conclusion -- 4.5 Artificial Selection for Duration of Tonic Immobility and the Correlated Responses -- 4.5.1 Model Study 1: Tribolium Species -- 4.5.1.1 Direct Responses -- 4.5.1.2 Correlated Response I: Cost of Tonic Immobility -- 4.5.1.3 Correlated Response II: Activity -- 4.5.1.4 Correlated Response III: Dopamine and Biogenic Amines -- 4.5.1.5 Transcriptomic Comparison -- 4.5.1.6 Arousal from Tonic Immobility -- 4.5.2 Model Study 2: Callosobruchus chinensis -- 4.6 Future Perspective -- References -- Chapter 5: Ultrasound-Induced Freezing Response in Moths -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Hidden Ultrasonic Communication -- 5.3 Calling Ultrasound -- 5.3.1 Mating System with Calling Songs -- 5.3.1.1 Noctuoidea -- 5.3.1.2 Pyraloidea -- 5.3.2 Evolution of Calling Songs -- 5.4 Courtship Ultrasound -- 5.4.1 Loud Courtship Songs -- 5.4.2 Soft Courtship Songs -- 5.5 Secondary Use of Freezing Response -- 5.5.1 True Love Songs -- 5.5.2 Deceptive Love Songs -- 5.5.3 Evolutionary Origin of Courtship Songs -- References -- Chapter 6: Vibration-Induced Immobility in Coleopteran Insects -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Vibration-Induced Immobility -- 6.1.2 Vibration-Induced Immobility and Communication -- 6.2 TI and Freeze Responses in Coleoptera. 6.2.1 Survey of TI and Freeze Responses -- 6.2.2 TI and Other Behavior in Coleopteran Adults -- 6.2.3 TI and Freeze Responses in Coleopteran Larvae -- 6.3 Vibration Sense Organs -- 6.3.1 Chordotonal Organs -- 6.3.2 Mechanosensilla and Chordotonal Organs -- 6.4 Freeze Responses and TI in Cerambycidae -- 6.5 TI in Nitidulidae -- 6.6 Freeze Responses in Scarabaeidae -- 6.6.1 Pupal Vibratory Signals and Larval Freeze Responses -- 6.6.2 Evolution of Freeze Responses -- References -- Chapter 7: Tonic Immobility in a Cricket: Behavioral Characteristics, Neural Substrate, and Functional Significance -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Time Course of TI -- 7.3 Strong TI and Weak TI -- 7.4 Responsiveness to Sensory Stimuli During TI -- 7.5 Emergence of Catalepsy -- 7.6 Survey of Sense Organs Involved in Induction of TI -- 7.7 Contribution of the Central Nervous System to TI -- 7.8 TI that Occurs in Natural Settings -- 7.9 Differences in TIs and Escape Reactions in Related Species -- 7.10 Summary -- References -- YouTube -- Chapter 8: Tonic Immobility in a Cricket: Neuronal Underpinnings of Global Motor Inhibition -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Neuroanatomy of Flexor and Extensor Tibiae Muscles -- 8.3 Isometric Muscular Contraction Characterizes the Induction of TI -- 8.4 Neuroanatomy of the Femoral Chordotonal Organ -- 8.5 Femoral Chordotonal Organ Measures Muscular Isometric Contraction -- 8.6 Inhibitory Functions of the FCO in Motor Control -- 8.6.1 Resistance Reflex and Its Inhibition -- 8.6.2 Suppression of Leg Movements -- 8.7 Motor Neuronal Activity Characterizing TI -- 8.8 Neuronal Underpinnings Underlying the Induction and Maintenance of TI -- 8.8.1 Sensory Aspect -- 8.8.2 Central Nervous System -- 8.8.3 Motor Aspect -- 8.9 Evolutional Perspective -- References -- YouTube -- Chapter 9: Catalepsy and Twig Mimesis in Insects and Its Neural Control -- 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Thanatosis and Catalepsy in the Stick Insect -- 9.3 Neural Basis of Catalepsy in the Stick Insect -- 9.3.1 Anatomy of Sense Organs and Muscles Controlling the Femur-Tibia Joint -- 9.3.2 Catalepsy in the Femur-Tibia Control Loop and Its Neural Basis -- 9.4 General Summary -- References -- Chapter 10: Descending Neuron for Freezing Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster -- 10.1 Tonic Immobility and Freezing -- 10.2 Defensive Behavior and Candidate Command for Freezing in Crayfish -- 10.3 Defensive Behavior to Looming Object in Flies -- 10.4 DNp09: Descending Neuron for Freezing -- 10.5 Optic Glomeruli -- 10.6 Axonal Projection of Freezing Descending Neuron -- 10.7 Neuromodulation of the Startle Responses -- 10.8 Similarity Between Freezing in Flies and Fears in Mammals -- 10.9 Future Work -- References -- Chapter 11: Immobility Behaviors in Fish: A Comparison with Other Vertebrates -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Orienting Immobility -- 11.2.1 General Orienting Response in Vertebrates -- 11.2.2 Orienting Response in Fish -- 11.3 Freezing Immobility -- 11.3.1 General Features of Freezing in Vertebrates -- 11.3.2 Freezing in Fish -- 11.4 Tonic Immobility -- 11.4.1 General Features of TI in Vertebrates -- 11.4.2 TI in Fish -- 11.4.2.1 Elasmobranchs -- 11.4.2.2 Teleosts -- 11.4.2.3 Death and Illness Feigning in Fish as a Hunting Tactic -- 11.5 Significance of Immobility Behaviors in Fish -- References -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910483398503321

Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (380 p.)
Disciplina	595.71782
Collana	Advances in Insect Physiology
Soggetto topico	Insect societies Insects - Genetics Insects - Physiology Insects - Behavior
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-12-802348-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463624703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Amsterdam] ; ; [New York], : Elsevier Science
Soggetto topico	Insect biochemistry Insects - Physiology Insects - Molecular aspects Biochemistry Insects - Composition Insects - Physiology - Periodicals Biochemistry - Periodicals Insectes - Biochimie Insectes - Composition Insectes - Physiologie - Périodiques Insectes - Aspect moléculaire Biochimie - Périodiques Insectes - Physiologie Biochimie
Soggetto genere / forma	Periodicals.
ISSN	1879-0240
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Insect biochem. molec. biol
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910333248003321