Advances in Insect Physiology
Academic Press
Published on 30. September 1970
472 pages
978-0-08-057903-0 (ISBN)
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Advances in Insect Physiology
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Advances in Insect Physiology: v. 7
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12/1970
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 7
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 7
- CHAPTER 1. FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE OF POLYTENE CHROMOSOMES DURING INSECT DEVELOPMENT
- I. Introduction
- II. Polytene Chromosome Structure
- III. Polyteny and Endopolyploidy during Insect Development
- IV. The Occurrence of Polytene Chromosomes
- V. Puffs: Introduction and Biochemistry
- VI. Puffs: Developmental Physiology
- VII. The Endocrine Control of Puffing Activity
- VIII. The Experimental Modification of Puffing Activity
- IX. Modification of Polytene Chromosome Structure and Function as the Result of Infection
- X. The Physiology of Nurse Cell Polytene Chromosomes
- XI. The Physiology of Epidermal Cell Polytene Chromosomes
- XII. The Physiological and Functional Significance of Puffing
- XIII. Conclusions and Outlook
- References
- Notes Added in Proof
- CHAPTER 2. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE INSECT DORSAL OCELLUS
- I. Introduction
- II. Distribution and Structure
- III. Behavioural Studies on the Role of the Ocelli
- IV. Electrical Activity in the Ocellus
- V. Ocellar Units in the Brain and Ventral Nerve Cord
- VI. Conclusion
- References
- CHAPTER 3. POLARITY AND PATTERNS IN THE POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF INSECTS
- I. Introduction
- II. Cell Polarity
- III. Pattern Formation
- IV. Determination and Regulation
- V. Cellular Differentiation
- VI. Outlook
- Acknowledgements
- References
- CHAPTER 4. REGULATION OF INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CONTROL MECHANISMS IN INSECT FLIGHT MUSCLE
- I. Introduction
- II. Physiological Properties and Structural Organization of Insect Flight Muscle
- III. Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism
- IV. Regulation of Fat Metabolism
- V. Regulation of Mitochondria1 Metabolism
- VI. Conclusions
- References
- CHAPTER 5. CELLULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING BEHAVIOR-NEUROETHOLOGY
- I. Introduction
- II. Neural Architecture and Physiology
- III. Motor Mechanisms
- IV. Models of Neural Activity and Terminology
- V. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Note Added in Proof
- AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
- CUMULATIVE LIST OF AUTHORS
- CUMULATIVE LIST OF CHAPTER TITLES
