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Insect development and evolution / Bruce S. Heming.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heming, B. S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insects--Development.
- Insects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 444 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York ; London : Comstock Publishing Associates : Cornell University Press, [2003]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Aiming to synthesize knowledge from the studies of the past with the recent exciting discoveries on Drosophila and Manduca development, this volume addresses reproductive systems, gametogenesis, sperm transfer and use, fertilization, sex determination, parthenogenesis, embryogenesis, postembryogenesis and metamorphosis, hormones, the quantitative analysis of growth, and the contributions of ontogeny to insect diversification. For each is provided a summary of structural events, comparative aspects, and results of experimental analysis--the last in chronological order to provide perspective on the evolution of thinking on the subject. Suitable as a text for a one- or two-semester course in insect development. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
- Contents:
- Development and Biology
- Reductionist versus Evolutionary Approaches to the Study of Insect Development
- Insect Ontogeny: A Summary
- A Note on Phylogeny
- The Male Reproductive System and Spermatogenesis
- Male Reproductive Systems
- Testis
- Primary Exit System
- Secondary Exit System
- External Genitalia
- Insect Spermatozoa
- Structure
- Motility
- Phylogenetic Aspects
- Spermatogenesis
- Primordial Development
- Premeiotic Events
- Meiosis
- Spermiogenesis
- Rate of Spermatogenesis
- Productivity of Spermatogenesis
- Control of Spermatogenesis
- The Female Reproductive System and Oogenesis
- Female Reproductive Systems
- Ovaries
- Oogenesis
- Panoistic Ovarioles
- Meroistic Ovarioles
- Staging Oogenesis
- Duration of Oogenesis
- Fecundity
- The Adaptive Significance of Conspecific Differences in Egg Size
- Endocrine Control of Oogenesis
- Previtellogenesis
- Vitellogenesis
- Choriogenesis
- Influence of Extrinsic Factors on Vitellogenesis
- Genes and Oogenesis
- Sperm Transfer, Allocation, and Use
- Sperm Passage from Sperm Tubes into Seminal Vesicles and Spermatophore
- Sperm Activation
- Intromission and Insemination
- Marine Arthropods
- Terrestrial Arthropods
- Ovulation
- Passage of Sperm from Spermatheca to Micropyle of Egg
- Fertilization
- Molecular Aspects
- Contributions of the Sperm to Successful Fertilization
- Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-2075-9
- OCLC:
- 1083593730
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