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Advances in Insect Physiology

Simpson, Stephen

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Table of contents
  • Advances in Insect Physiologyiii
  • Copyright Pageiv
  • Contentsv
  • Contributorsvii
  • Chapter 1. Behavioural Genetics of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera1
  • 1. Introduction2
  • 2. Colony versus individual phenotypes3
  • 3. Finding genes for behavioural traits5
  • 4. Genetic architecture and task specialization14
  • 5. Endogenous clocks28
  • 6. Field and selection techniques30
  • 7. Social behaviour32
  • 8. Conclusions34
  • Acknowledgements35
  • References35
  • Chapter 2. Physiological Diversity in Insects: Ecological and Evolutionary Contexts50
  • 1. Introduction50
  • 2. Evolutionary physiology in a changing world52
  • 3. Abiotic environmental variation and its measurement60
  • 4. Phenotypic plasticity74
  • 5. Sensing84
  • 6. Responses to the thermal environment92
  • 7. Conclusions118
  • Acknowledgements120
  • References120
  • Chapter 3. Nest Thermoregulation in Social Insects153
  • 1. Introduction154
  • 2. Passive mechanisms156
  • 3. Active nest thermoregulation172
  • 4. Coordination of thermoregulation180
  • 5. Conclusions184
  • References185
  • Chapter 4. The Organule Concept of Insect Sense Organs: Sensory Transduction and Organule Evolution192
  • 1. Introduction192
  • 2. Sensory modalities194
  • 3. Mechanoreceptors196
  • 4. Multidendritic sensory neurons205
  • 5. Transduction in olfactory and gustatory receptors207
  • 6. Sensillum development214
  • 7. Photoreceptors and antennal olfactory sensilla216
  • 8. Derivatives of the ciliated organule and the role of the cilium223
  • 9. Conclusions228
  • Acknowledgements229
  • References229
  • Index243
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780123737151
  • ISBN-13 9780080471174
  • Author Simpson, Stephen
  • Category Science
  • Subject Entomology

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Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steve Simpson (Oxford University, UK).

* More than 300 pages with contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
* Over 40 figures and illustrations combined
* Includes an in-depth review of the genetics of the honey bee
* Discusses the physiological diversity in insects