Insect Hormones / / H. Frederik Nijhout.
Although insect endocrinology is one of the oldest and most active branches of insect physiology, its classic general texts are long out of date, while its abundant primary literature provides little biological context in which to make sense of the discipline as a whole. In this book, H. Frederik Ni...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (279 p.) :; 15 halftones 91 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1: ANATOMY OF THE INSECT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
- CHAPTER 2: MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
- CHAPTER 3: METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS
- CHAPTER 4: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF GROWTH, MOLTING, AND METAMORPHOSIS
- CHAPTER 5: THE ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF MOLTING AND METAMORPHOSIS
- CHAPTER 6: REPRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 7: DIAPAUSE
- CHAPTER 8: POLYPHENISMS
- CHAPTER 9: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
- EPILOGUE
- LITERATURE CITED
- AUTHOR INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX