Physiological systems in insects / Marc J. Klowden.

Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Physiological Systems in Insects; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; 1 Signaling Systems; Paracrine Signaling; Endocrine Signaling; Types of Hormone Release Sites in Insects; Early Experiments that Set the Stage for Our Current Understanding; Types of Hormones in Insects; Modes of Action; Prothoracicotropic Hormone; Control of PTTH Release and its Mode of Action; Ecdysteroids; Ecdysteroids and their Synthesis; Control of Ecdysone Secretion by the Prothoracic Glands; Metabolism and Degradation of Ecdysteroids; Other Sources of Ecdysteroids
Mode of Action of EcdysteroidsThe Juvenile Hormones; Major Types of JH and their Synthesis; Sites of JH Synthesis and Control of JH Production; Postproduction Regulation of JH Activity; Mode of Action of JH; Other Neuropeptides Found in Insects; Vertebrate-Type Hormones in Insects; Bibliography; 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 Integument; Chemistry of the Cuticle; Proteins; Chitin; Lipids; Other Components of the Cuticle
The Molting ProcessEclosion Behavior and Its Regulation; Sclerotization; Endocrine Control of Molting and Metamorphosis; Signaling in Cell and Tissue Growth; Metamorphosis and the Radically Changing Cuticle; Changes in Cuticle Commitment; Imaginal Disc Development; Metamorphosis, Cell Reorganization, and Cell Death; Bibliography; 3 Developmental Systems; Morphogens and Developmental Patterns; Insect Eggs; Egg Membranes; Pattern Formation within the Oocyte; Hox Genes; Embryonic Development; Blastoderm Formation; Formation of the Germ Band; Blastokinesis and Dorsal Closure; Formation of the Gut
Formation of the Nervous SystemFormation of Eyes; Formation of Other Internal Organ Systems; Eyespot Pattern Formation; Sex Determination; Endocrinology of Embryonic Development; Bibliography; 4 Reproductive Systems; Female Reproductive Systems; Events in the Germarium; Other Structures in the Female Reproductive System; Types of Ovarioles; Vitellogenesis; Endocrinology of Female Reproduction; Ovulation, Fertilization and Oviposition; Male Reproductive Systems; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Endocrine Control of the Male Reproductive System and Spermatogenesis
Unconventional Methods of Insect ReproductionParthenogenesis; Viviparity; Polyembryony; Pedogenesis; Wolbachia and Insect Reproduction; Hemocelic Insemination; Mating Systems; Bibliography; 5 Behavioral Systems; Ways of Looking at Behavior; Genetic Basis of Insect Behavior; Hormonal Regulation of Behavior; Physiology of Learning and Memory; Physiology of Circadian Rhythms; Physiology of Polyphenisms; Physiology of Temporal Polyethisms; Physiology of Behaviors Accompanying Metamorphosis; Physiology of Eclosion Behaviors; Behavioral Modification by Parasites; Bibliography; 6 Metabolic Systems
The Insect Alimentary Tract