Insect Integument and Colour
- 1st Edition, Volume 38 - July 9, 2010
- Latest edition
- Editors: Stephen Simpson, Jerome Casas
- Language: English
Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic and thematic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews of all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essent… Read more
Description
Description
Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic and thematic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews of 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 and Jerome Casas to provide an international perspective. This thematic volume on insect integument and colour contributes to the revival of insect integrative biology.
Key features
Key features
- Contributions from the leading researchers in entomology
- Discusses physiological diversity in insects
- Includes in-depth reviews with valuable information for a variety of entomology disciplines
Readership
Readership
Entomologists, zoologists, insect biochemists, insect physiologists
Table of contents
Table of contents
- Increasing Demands and Vanishing Expertise in Insect Integrative Biology
- Chitin Biochemistry: Synthesis, Hydrolysis and Inhibition
E. Cohen - Diverse Strategies of Protein Sclerotization in Marine Invertebrates: Structure-Property Relationships in Natural Biomaterials
- Insect Cuticular Surface Modifications: Scales and Other Structural Formations
- Structural colours
- Molecular and Physiological Basis of Color Pattern Formation
H. Frederik Nijhout - Insect Colors and Visual Appearance in the Eyes of their Predators
Marc Théry and Doris Gomez
Jérôme Casas and Stephen Simpson
Daniel J. Rubin, Ali Miserez, and J. Herbert Waite
Helen Ghiradella
Jean-Pol Vigneron and Priscilla Simonis
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 38
- Published: July 9, 2010
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Stephen Simpson
Affiliations and expertise
ARC Federation Fellow; School of Biological Sciences; University of Sydney; New South Wales, AustraliaJC
Jerome Casas
Affiliations and expertise
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, FranceView book on ScienceDirect
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