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Advances in Insect Physiology

  • 1st Edition, Volume 57 - November 20, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Russell Jurenka
  • Language: English

Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 57, provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiolog… Read more

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Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 57, provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect chemists, with this new release focusing on the Ecology and evolution of social insect cognition, Fly foregut and transmission of microbes, and Hormonal regulation of insect feeding behaviors, among other topics.

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
  • Contains important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on insect physiology

Readership

Entomologists, zoologists, insect biochemists, and insect physiologists

Table of contents

1. Putting the ecology back into insect cognition research
Mathieu Lihoreau, Thibault Dubois, Tamara Gomez-Moracho, Stéphane Kraus, Coline Monchanin and Cristian Pasquaretta

2. Fly foregut and transmission of microbes
John G. Stoffolano, Jr.

3. Plant cell wall degradation in insects: Recent progress on endogenous enzymes revealed by multi-omics technologies
Gaku Tokuda

4. Feeding-modulating neuropeptides and peptide hormones in insects
Shinji Nagata and Yi Jun Zhou

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 57
  • Published: November 20, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editor

RJ

Russell Jurenka

Dr. Russell Jurenka is a professor in the Department of Entomology at Iowa State University.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, USA

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