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Insect molecular biology and ecology /
Insects represent the most abundant and diverse animal group on Earth. The number of described species is more than one million and up to ten million are estimated. Insects have one of the widest distributions in the world because they have adapted to extreme ranges of environments. Molecular ecolog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Mechanisms of polyphenism in insects / Stephen M. Rogers
- 2. Toxins, defensive compounds and drugs from insects / Konrad Dettner
- 3. Insect bioluminescence in the post-molecular biology era / Yuichi Oba
- 4. A glance on the role of miRNAs in insect life / Sassan Asgari and Mazhar Hussain
- 5. Advances in insect physiology and endocrinology through genomics and peptidomics / Ian Orchard and Angela B. Lange
- 6. Neuropeptide signaling and RNA interference / Klaus H. Hoffmann, Sandy Weidlich and Franziska Wende
- 7. Insect photoperiodism / Shin G. Goto and Hideharu Numata
- 8. Insects in winter: metabolism and regulation on cold hardiness / Kenneth B. Storey and Janet M. Storey
- 9. Evolutionary ecology of insect immunity / Gerrit Joop and Andreas Vilcinskas
- 10. The coleopteran gut and targets for pest control / Brenda Oppert, Asieh Rasoolizadeh and Dominique Michaud
- 11. Trypsin modulating Oostatic Factor (TMOF) and insect biotechnology / Dov Borovsky
- 12. RNAi based functional analysis of biosynthetic enzymes and transport proteins involved in the chemical defense of juvenile leaf beetles / Antje Burse and Wilhelm Boland
- 13. Silks from insects: from natural diversity to applications / M. Neuenfeldt and T. Scheibel.