Genes and Endocrine Signalling in Development and Homeostasis
- 1st Edition, Volume 60 - July 7, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Michael E. Adams
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 4 2 5 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 4 2 6 - 9
Advances in Insect Physiology Volume 60 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including The St… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Insect Physiology Volume 60 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including The Steroid, Ecdysis Triggering Hormone, Juvenile Hormone Signaling Triad in Development and Reproduction, A Decade of Teasing Apart the Juvenile Hormone Receptor, Evolutionary Physiology of Peptidergic Signaling, Recent Advances in Neuroendocrine Regulation of Insect Excretory Systems, Recent Advances in Ecdysteroid Research in Insects, and Regulation and Mechanisms of Sleep in Drosophila.
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- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series
Organismal biologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, for both researchers and students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Ecdysteroid signalling in insects—From biosynthesis to gene expression regulation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pleiotropic functions of ecdysteroids during the insect life cycle
- 3: Six steps of ecdysteroid signalling and their regulation
- 4: Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Two: A decade with the juvenile hormone receptor
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: From JH effects to discovering a JH receptor
- 3: Functional attributes defining Met/Gce as a JHR
- 4: Molecular architecture and function of JHR
- 5: JHR as a target of insecticide action
- 6: Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Three: The epitracheal endocrine system and associated signalling cascades in development, reproduction, and behaviour
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Epitracheal glands, inka cells, and ETH signalling
- 3: Initiation and scheduling of the ecdysis sequence
- 4: The steroid-ETH-juvenile hormone triad in reproduction
- 5: ETH signalling in adult male reproductive behaviours
- 6: Conclusions
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter Four: Regulation of sleep in Drosophila melanogaster
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Circadian regulation of sleep
- 3: Synaptic signalling in wake/sleep regulation
- 4: Neuroendocrine regulation of sleep
- 5: Signalling pathways that regulate sleep
- 6: Other molecules
- 7: Conclusions and future directions
- Acknowledgements
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 60
- Published: July 7, 2021
- No. of pages (Hardback): 180
- No. of pages (eBook): 180
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323854252
- eBook ISBN: 9780323854269
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Michael E. Adams
Michael E. Adams is a professor of Entomology, Cell Biology & Neuroscience at the University of California Riverside. He is well-known for his research in hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins. He has won numerous awards for his excellent work in insect physiology. He was the recipient of the 2006 Entomological Society of America, Recognition Award in Insect Physiology and was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2002.
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Professor of Entomology, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, CA, USARead Genes and Endocrine Signalling in Development and Homeostasis on ScienceDirect