Insect cuticle – Chitin, Catecholamine and Chemistry of Complexation
- 1st Edition, Volume 62 - June 24, 2022
- Latest edition
- Editor: Manickam Sugumaran
- Language: English
Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 62, the latest release in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapte… Read more
Description
Description
Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 62, the latest release in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
Key features
Key features
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series
Readership
Readership
Organismal biologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, for both researchers and students
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Chitin in insect cuticle
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Yasuyuki Arakane, Mi Young Noh, Seulgi Mun, Hans Merzendorfer, Christina Boehringer, Benedikt Wellmeyer, Qing Yang, Mingbo Qu, and Lin Liu
2. Cuticular sclerotization in insects – A critical review
Manickam Sugumaran
3. Hardening and tanning of insect ootheca, egg cases, egg sac, chorion, and silk
Kaliappanadar Nellaiappan and Manickam Sugumaran
4. Insect multicopper oxidase-2: Molecular properties, roles in cuticle formation, and impacts on evolutionary success of insects
Tsunaki Asano
5. Diversity of melanin synthesis genes in insects
Ryo Futahashi, Shigeyuki Koshikawa, Genta Okude, and Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Yasuyuki Arakane, Mi Young Noh, Seulgi Mun, Hans Merzendorfer, Christina Boehringer, Benedikt Wellmeyer, Qing Yang, Mingbo Qu, and Lin Liu
2. Cuticular sclerotization in insects – A critical review
Manickam Sugumaran
3. Hardening and tanning of insect ootheca, egg cases, egg sac, chorion, and silk
Kaliappanadar Nellaiappan and Manickam Sugumaran
4. Insect multicopper oxidase-2: Molecular properties, roles in cuticle formation, and impacts on evolutionary success of insects
Tsunaki Asano
5. Diversity of melanin synthesis genes in insects
Ryo Futahashi, Shigeyuki Koshikawa, Genta Okude, and Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 62
- Published: June 24, 2022
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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Manickam Sugumaran
Manickam Sugumaran is a professor at Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, MA, USAView book on ScienceDirect
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