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Insect Epigenetics /
The 53rd volume of 'Insect Epigenetics' provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. Updated chapters in this new release include epigenetics in insects, mechanisms, ecological outcomes and evolutionary consequences.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom :
Academic Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Advances in insect physiology ;
v. 53. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Insect Epigenetics; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction to Advances in Insect Physiology: Insect Epigenetics; References; Chapter One: Epigenetics in Insects: Mechanisms, Phenotypes and Ecological and Evolutionary Implications; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Scope of This Chapter; 1.2. Semantics in Epigenetics; 1.3. Beyond Model Systems; 2. Molecular Epigenetic Mechanisms in Insects; 2.1. DNA Methylation in Insects; 2.2. Histone Modification in Insects; 2.3. Noncoding RNAs as Epigenetic Markers in Insects; 2.4. The Epigenetic Marker Options: Must It Be Either/Or?
- 3. Epigenetic Dynamics4. Epigenetic Phenotypic Modification; 4.1. Environmental Factors Triggering Epigenetic Responses; 4.1.1. Physicochemical Factors; 4.1.2. Nutrition; 4.1.3. Predation; 4.1.4. Crowding; 4.2. Special Cases; 4.2.1. Development, Metamorphosis and Ageing; 4.2.2. Social Insects; 4.2.3. Gregarious Insects; 4.2.4. Diapause; 4.2.5. Insect-Microbe Interactions and the Epigenome; 5. Ecological and Evolutionary Implications; 5.1. Epigenetics and Population-Level Survival; 5.2. Epigenetics in Evolution; 6. Conclusions and Future Directions; Acknowledgement; References
- Chapter Two: Nutrition and Epigenetic Change in Insects: Evidence and Implications1. Introduction; 1.1. What Is Epigenetics?; 2. Epigenetic Effects of Nutrition in Insects; 2.1. Molecular Effects of Nutrition in Drosophila; 2.2. Nutrition and Epigenetic Change in Drosophila; 2.3. Nutrition and Epigenetics in Other Insects; 3. Insect Phenotypic Plasticity; 3.1. Nutrition and Polyphenism in Social Insects; 3.2. Nutrition and Epigenetics in Social Insect Polyphenisms; 3.3. Histones and Small RNAs in Caste Development; 3.4. DNA Methylation in Caste Development
- 3.5. Limitations and Required Evidence4. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter Three: The Role of MicroRNAs in Drosophila Regulation of Insulin-Like Peptides and Ecdysteroid Signalling: Where ... ; 1. Introduction; 2. ILPs and Ecdysteroids; 2.1. Insulin-Like Molecules; 2.2. Ecdysteroids; 3. miRNA Biogenesis Pathway and Action; 3.1. Step 1: miRNA Gene Transcribed by RNA Polymerase; 3.2. Step 2: Pri-miRNA Transcript Processed by Microprocessor; 3.3. Step 3: Pre-miRNA Leaving the Nucleus by Exp5; 3.4. Step 4: Pre-miRNA Cleavage by Dicer; 3.5. Step 5: Ago Loading and RISC Formation
- 3.6. Step 6: miRNA Actions4. miRNA Regulation of ILPs and Ecdysteroids; 4.1. (I) miRNAs Related to Either Insulin or Ecdysteroid Signalling Pathways; 4.1.1. let-7; 4.1.2. miR-34-miR-277-miR-317 Cluster; 4.1.3. miR-278; 4.1.4. miR-9a; 4.1.5. miR-275-miR-305 Cluster; 4.2. (II) miRNAs That Links Up Ecdysone and Insulin Signalling; 4.2.1. Bantam; 4.2.2. miR-14; 4.2.3. miR-8; 5. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter Four: Epigenetic Regulation of Longevity in Insects; 1. Introduction; 2. Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation Across Insect Species