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The physiology of insect reproduction.
The Physiology of Insect Reproduction provides a comprehensive coverage of insect reproductive system. The title details basic phenomena governing reproductive processes in insects, with the whole spectrum of an insect reproductive cycle. The text first covers insect genitalia, and proceeds to discu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1970]
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| Edición: | [1st ed.]. |
| Colección: | International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Zoology ;
v. 44. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Physiology of Insect Reproduction; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THE GENITALIA; CHAPTER 2. SEX DETERMINATION; A. Balance Hypothesis; B. Epistatic Sex Determination; C. Haploid-Diploid Sex Determination; D. Other Mechanisms of Sex Determination; F. Intersexuality; G. Sex Ratio; CHAPTER 3. PARTHENOGENESIS; A. The Phenomenon; B. Cytology of Parthenogenesis; C. Gynogenesis; D. Polyploidy and Parthenogenesis; E. Evolution of Parthenogenesis; CHAPTER 4. SEX DIFFERENTIATION; CHAPTER 5. GONADAL DEVELOPMENT; A. Spermatogenesis; B. Oogenesis; CHAPTER 6. MATING
- 1. COURTSHIP IN APTERYGOTA2. VISUAL STIMULI AND SEX RECOGNITION; 3. AUDITORY STIMULI IN COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR; 4. PHEROMONES; 5. TACTILE STIMULI; 6. NUPTIAL GIFTS; 7. CONTROL OF MATING BEHAVIOR; 8. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING MATING BEHAVIOR; 9. MATING BEHAVIOR AS AN ISOLATING MECHANISM; CHAPTER 7. FACTORS THAT AFFECT EGG PRODUCTION AND FECUNDITY; 1. FOOD QUALITY; 2. FOOD QUANTITY; 3. AUTOGENY; 4. MECHANISMS INVOLVED; 1. TEMPERATURE; 2. HUMIDITY; 3. PHOTOPERIODIC INFLUENCES; 4. GROUP INTERACTIONS; 5. AVAILABILITY OF HOSTS; 6. INTERACTIONS OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
- CHAPTER 8. HORMONAL CONTROL OF EGG MATURATIONA. Anatomy of the Neuroendocrine System; B. Egg Maturation Controlled by the Corpus Allatum; C. Activation of the Corpora Allata; D. Neurosecretion and Egg Maturation; E. Inhibition of the Corpora Allata; F. The Mode of Hormone Action in Egg Maturation; G. Integration of Endocrine Control of Reproduction; CHAPTER 9. ENDOCRINE INFLUENCE ON REPRODUCTION IN THE MALE INSECT; CHAPTER 10. OVIPOSITION; CHAPTER 11. HETEROGONY; 1. THE PHENOMENON; 2. CONTROL OF HETEROGONY BY PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE; 3. CONTROL THROUGH CROWDING AND NUTRITION
- 4. INTRINSIC FACTORS AND ""INTERVAL TIMER""5. POLYMORPHISM; 6. SOME EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS; CHAPTER 12. VIVIPARITY; A. Classification and Occurrence; B. Control of Egg Maturation; C. Ecological Aspects; CHAPTER 13. FUNCTIONAL HERMAPHRODITISM; CHAPTER 14. INSECT SOCIETIES; 1. GENETIC DETERMINATION; 2. TROPHOGENIC DETERMINATION; 3. PHEROMONAL CONTROL; 4. DOMINANCE HIERARCHY; CHAPTER 15. GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX; OTHER TITLES IN THE ZOOLOGY DIVISION; OTHER DIVISIONS IN THE SERIES IN PURE AND APPLIED BIOLOGY