Phase and caste determination in insects : endocrine aspects : papers presented at a symposium of the section physiology and biochemistry of the XV International Congress of Entomology, Washington, D.C., 1976 (chairman, Dorothy Feir) /

Phase and Caste Determination in Insects: Endocrine Aspects is a collection of papers presented at a Symposium of the Section Physiology and Biochemistry of the XV International Congress of Entomology, held in Washington, D.C. in 1976. Contributors explore the endocrine aspects of phase and caste di...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Congress of Entomology Washington, D.C.
Otros Autores: L�uscher, Martin, 1917-
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1976.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Insects > Development > Endocrine aspects > Congresses.
Insect hormones > Congresses.
Insects > Metamorphosis > Endocrine aspects > Congresses.
Insect hormones.
Genetic polymorphisms.
Insects > Physiology.
Polymorphism (Zoology)
Insect Hormones
Polymorphism, Genetic
Insectes > Physiologie.
Hormones (Insectes)
Polymorphisme (Zoologie)
Insectes > D�eveloppement > Aspect endocrinien > Congr�es.
Insectes > Hormones > Congr�es.
Insectes > M�etamorphose > Aspect endocrinien > Congr�es.
Insectes > Hormones.
Polymorphisme g�en�etique.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Insects > Metamorphosis > Endocrine aspects.
Insects > Polymorphism > Role of hormones Conference proceedings
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congr�es.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Phase and Caste Determinationin Insects: Endocrine Aspects; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. JUVENILE HORMONE AND CASTEDIFFERENTIATION IN THE HONEY BEE (APISMELLIFERA L.); 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERS AT METAMORPHOSIS; 3. ENDOCRINE IMPACT ON INSECT DEVELOPMENT; 4. HONEY BEE CASTES AS OECOMORPHS; 5. ONTOGENESIS IN THE TWO CASTES; 6. CASTE INDUCTION AND THE ""DETERMINATOR"" PRINCIPLE; 7. CASTE PROGRAMMING AND THE ROLE OF JUVENILE HORMONE; 8. IN SEARCH OF THE RELEVANT MESSAGE; 9. DISCUSSION.
  • Acknowledgementreferences; chapter 3. the role of determinator in casteformation in the honey bee; abstract; introduction; endocrine system of larvae; morphological characteristics; juvenile hormone and caste formation; nutritional factors; role of determinator; acknowledgement; references; chapter 4. environmental, genetic andendocrine influences in stingless beecaste determination; introduction; caste determination in trigona; genetic or environmental influence on caste differentiation inmelipona?; endocrine aspects of caste determination; discussion; references.
  • CHAPTER 5. JUVENILE HORMONE AND QUEEN REARINGIN BUMBLEBEESThe structure of castes; The determination of castes; References; CHAPTER 6. ENDOCRINE CONTROL OVER CASTEDIFFERENTIATION IN A MYRMICINE ANT; INTRODUCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; CASTE DIVER & ENCE; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. THE INFLUENCE OF JUVENILE HORMONEANALOGUES ON CASTE DEVELOPMENT INTERMITES; ABSTRACT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. THE DEPENDENCE OF HORMONE EFFECTSIN TERMITE CASTE DETERMINATION ONEXTERNAL FACTORS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH.
  • 3. influence of the environmental factor nutritionon caste formation4. influence of group composition on caste formation; 5. discussion; 6. summary; references; chapter 9. evidence for an endocrine controlof caste determination in highertermites; introduction; evidence for a pheromonal control of castedifferentiation; evidence for a hormonal control of castedifferentiation; conclusions; references; chapter 10. juvenile hormone and aphidpolymorphism; abstract; introduction; ontogeny of a late and apterous forms; environmental factors influencing production ofapterous cabbage aphids.
  • Control of production of apterae by juvenilehormone
  • a working hypothesisexperiments with juvenile hormone analogues; discussion; references; chapter 11. neurosecretory control ofpolymorphism in aphids; abstract; introduction; the experimental system; cerebral neurosecretory cells and morph determination; is there a maternal hormone?; neurosecretory determination of morph type; photoperiodic regulation of neurosecretory cells; references.

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