| Description |
xv, 444 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Male Reproductive System and Spermatogenesis -- 1.1. Male Reproductive Systems -- 1.2. Insect Spermatozoa -- 1.3. Spermatogenesis -- Ch. 2. The Female Reproductive System and Oogenesis -- 2.1. Female Reproductive Systems -- 2.2. Oogenesis -- 2.3. Endocrine Control of Oogenesis -- 2.4. Influence of Extrinsic Factors on Vitellogenesis -- 2.5. Genes and Oogenesis -- Ch. 3. Sperm Transfer, Allocation, and Use -- 3.1. Sperm Passage from Sperm Tubes into Seminal Vesicles and Spermatophore -- 3.2. Sperm Activation -- 3.3. Intromission and Insemination -- 3.4. Ovulation -- 3.5. Passage of Sperm from Spermatheca to Micropyle of Egg -- 3.6. Fertilization -- 3.7. Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection -- 3.8. Copulatory Courtship -- 3.9. Oviposition -- 3.10. Viviparity -- Ch. 4. Sex Determination -- 4.1. Sex Chromosomes -- 4.2. Sex Determination in Drosophila melanogaster -- 4.3. Sex Determination in Haplodiploid (Arrhenotokous) Insects -- 4.4. Chromosome Elimination and Sex Determination in Symphypleon Collembola -- 4.5. Environmental Effects on Sex Determination -- 4.6. Hermaphrodites -- 4.7. Gynandromorphs -- 4.8. Intersexes -- 4.9. Parasite Effects on Sex Determination -- 4.10. Why Are There Only Two Sexes? -- Ch. 5. Parthenogenesis -- 5.1. Arrhenotoky -- 5.2. Thelytoky -- 5.3. Amphitoky -- 5.4. Evolutionary Considerations -- 5.5. Cyclical Parthenogenesis -- 5.6. Microorganisms and Parthenogenesis -- Ch. 6. Early Embryogenesis -- 6.1. Egg Structure -- 6.2. Cleavage -- 6.3. Blastoderm Formation -- 6.4. DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis during Cleavage and Blastoderm Formation -- 6.5. Mitotic Domains in the Blastoderm of Flies -- 6.6. Pole Cell Formation -- 6.7. Germ Band Formation -- 6.8. Gastrulation and Germ Layer Formation -- 6.9. Blastokinesis and Embryonic Envelopes -- 6.10. Segmentation and Appendage Formation -- Ch. 7. Specification of the Body Plan in Insect Embryos -- 7.1. Early Experiments -- 7.2. Molecular Genetics of Pattern Formation in Drosophila melanogaster Embryos -- Ch. 8. Organogenesis -- 8.1. Mesoderm -- 8.2. Endoderm and Ectoderm -- 8.3. Ectoderm -- 8.4. Primordia of Mixed Germ Layer Origin -- 8.5. Other Tissues -- 8.6. Miscellaneous Events -- 8.7. Overview -- 8.8. Computer Simulation of Gene Expression during Embryogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster -- Ch. 9. Postembryonic Development and Life History -- 9.1. Life History Theory -- 9.2. Hatching -- 9.3. Stage and Instar -- 9.4. Metamorphosis -- 9.5. The Concept of Stase -- 9.6. Larvae and Pupae in Holometabola -- 9.7. Growth -- Ch. 10. Molting and Metamorphosis -- 10.1. Molting -- 10.2. Structural Change during Metamorphosis -- Ch. 11. Specification of the Adult Body Pattern -- 11.1. Wound Healing -- 11.2. Regeneration -- 11.3. Genetic and Molecular Basis of Leg and Wing Formation -- 11.4. Genetic Specification of Other External Imaginal Primordia during Development of Drosophila melanogaster -- 11.5. Effects of Symbiotic Microorganisms -- Ch. 12. Hormones, Molting, and Metamorphosis -- 12.1. Classic Experiments Revealing How Hormones Induce Molting -- 12.2. Classic Experiments Revealing How Hormones Induce Metamorphosis -- 12.3. Neurosecretory Cells and Endocrine Organs -- 12.4. The Developmental Hormones -- 12.5. The Interaction of Hormones during Molting and Metamorphosis -- 12.6. The Role of Critical Size in Molting and Metamorphosis -- 12.7. Endocrine Control of Molting and Metamorphosis in Other Arthropods -- 12.8. Hormones, Polymorphism, and Polyphenism -- 12.9. Future Developments -- Ch. 13. Ontogeny and Hexapod Evolution -- 13.1. The Origin of Taxonomic Units or Taxa -- 13.2. Key Innovations and the Insect Fossil Record -- 13.3. Ontogeny and Hexapod Evolution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-428) and index |
| Subject |
Insects -- Development.
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Insects -- Evolution.
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Insects -- Reproduction.
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| LC no. |
2002011087 |
| ISBN |
0801439337 cloth alkaline paper |
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