Gilbert , L. ed.
Insect Development
Morphogenesis, Molting and Metamorphosis
（昆虫の成長）
Academic Press 2009.8
730 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-12-375136-5
11,800円
Contents
1. Homeotic Genes/ 2. Drosophila Limb Development/ 3. Early Embryonic Development/ 4. Hormonal Control of Form and Function of the Nervous System/ 5. Programmed Cell Death/ 6. The Prothoracicotropic Hormone/ 7. The Ecdysteroid Receptor/ 8. The Juvenile Hormones/ 9. Circadian Organization of the Endocrine System/ 10. Transposable Elements for Insect Transformation/ 11. Chitin Metabolism in Insects/ 12. Cuticular Proteins/ 13. Insect Cytochrome/ 14. Insect G Protein-Coupled Receptors/ 15. Insect Transformation for Use in Control/ 16. Insect Growth- and Development-Disrupting Insecticides/ Index/ *
McNamara, P. et al. ed.
Evolution of Sleep
Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives
Cambridge University Press 2009.11
500 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-521-89497-2
12,800円
Contents
1. Introduction/ 2. Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture/ 3. Sleep in insects/ 4. Schooling by continuously-active fishes: clues to sleep's ultimate function/ 5. What exactly is it that sleeps?: the evolution, regulation and organization of an emergent network property/ 6. Evolutionary medicine of sleep disorders: toward a science of sleep duration/ 7. Primate sleep in phylogenetic perspective/ 8. A bird's eye view on the function of sleep/ 9. The evolution of wakefulness: from reptiles to mammals/ 10. Evolution of REM sleep/ 11. Towards the understanding of the function of sleep: new insights from mouse genetics/ 12. Fishing for sleep/ Index/
* Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these trees. *
Pener, M. & Simpson, S.
Advances in Insect Physiology Vol.36
Locust Phase Polyphenism: An Update
Academic Press 2009.11
304 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-12-374828-3
16,000円
Contents
1. Introduction/ 2. Insect polyphenism/ 3. Density-dependent phase polyphenism/ 4. Locust phase characteristics/ 5. Morphology/ 6. Anatomy/ 7. Colouration and pigments/ 8. Reproduction/ 9. Endocrinology/ 10. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/ 11. Behaviour/ 12. Volatiles and volatile phermones/ 13. Cuticular substances and contact phermones/ 14. Factors that induce gregarious phase characteristics/ 15. Factors that induce solitarious phase characteristics/ 16. Transmission of phase from parents to progeny/ 17. Ecology and ecophysiology/ 18. Concluding remarks/ Index/ *
Simpson, S. & Casas, J.
Advances in Insect Physiology Vol.37
Academic Press 2009.12
350 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-12-374829-1
16,000円
Contents
1. Pterins & ommochromes pigments/ 2. Structural colors/ 3. Chitin: synthesis & biochemsitry/ 4. Chitin: mechanics/ 5. Scales and other structural formations/ 6. molecular and physiological basis for color pattern formation/ 7. Insect colors in the eyes of their prey & predators/ 8. Evolution of insect color patterns/ Index/ *
Connell, C. I. & Ralston, D. P. ed.
Insect Viruses
Detection, Characterization and Roles
Nova Science Pub. 2009.7
186 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-60692-965-8
13,600円
Contents
1.Insect Virus Proteins Involved in the Peroral Infectivity of the Viruses and their Potential Practical Application in Pest Control/ 2.RNAi and the Study of Insect Immunity/ 3.Epidemiology of Kakugo Virus, An Insect Picorna-like Virus Identified in Aggressive Honeybee Workers -- A Study of Virus-host Interactions in the Honeybee Society/ 4.Honeybee Viruses in Uruguay: First Detection of Honeybee Viruses in South America and their Potential Role in Mortality of Honeybees/ 5.Encephalitic Arboviruses: Emerging and Re-Emerging Problem/ 6.Neurologic Manifestations of West Nile Virus Infection/ 7.Effects of Coinfection with Borrelia Burgdorferi and Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Vector Ticks and Vertebrate Hosts/ 8.Early Detection of Baculovirus Expression and Infection in Lepidopteran Larvae Fed Occlusion Bodies of an AcMNPV Recombinant Carrying a Red Fluorescent Protein Gene/ 9.Reovirus-like Double Stranded RNA Fractions in a Drosophila Melanogaster Line Containing Individual Second Chromosome from Natural Population/ 10.Cellular Secretion of SF21 Cells upon Baculovirus Infection/ Index/
* Insects are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the earth, with over a million described species. In common with all other life forms, insects suffer from viruses that cripple and kill.
* Admittedly, insects transmit viruses that cause illness in humans, but the insect in such cases is usually unaffected. This book includes research on such viruses affecting humans. Also included in this book are the ways to recognize insect viruses and their use in pest control. Basic and applied research on insect virus proteins associated with the peroral infectivity is reviewed as well. Furthermore, RNAi has been applied to a number of studies involved in insect immunity. Thus, the effect of RNA interference on viral infections is also studied. *
Opler, P. A.
Moths of Western North America
University of California Press 2009.5
383 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-520-25197-0
12,600円
Contents
* Insects boast incredible diversity, and this book treats an important component of the western insect biota that has not been summarized before―moths and their plant relationships. There are about 8,000 named species of moths in our region, and although most are unnoticed by the public, many attract attention when their larvae create economic damage: eating holes in woolens, infesting stored foods, boring into apples, damaging crops and garden plants, or defoliating forests.
* In contrast to previous North American moth books, this volume discusses and illustrates about 25% of the species in every family, including the tiny species, making this the most comprehensive volume in its field. With this approach it provides access to microlepidoptera study for biologists as well as amateur collectors. About 2,500 species are described and illustrated, including virtually all moths of economic importance, summarizing their morphology, taxonomy, adult behavior, larval biology, and life cycles. *
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