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Insect Epigenetics
- 1st Edition, Volume 53 - August 24, 2017
- Editors: Heleen Verlinden, Russell Jurenka
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 8 3 3 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 8 3 4 - 4
Insect Epigenetics, Volume 53 provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. Updated chapters in this new release include Epigenetics in insects:… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInsect Epigenetics, Volume 53 provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. Updated chapters in this new release include Epigenetics in insects: Mechanisms, ecological outcomes, and evolutionary consequences, Nutrition and epigenetic change in insects, microRNAs in Drosophila insulin regulation, Epigenetic regulation of longevity in insects, Epigenetic influences on diapause, the Impact of parasites on epigenetics of their insect hosts, The molecular physiology of locust swarming behavior, The future of environmental epigenetics: insights using the clonal water-flea model, and. Epigenetics – A hidden target of insecticides.
Led by volume editor Heleen Verlinden, this is an essential reference source for entomologists, zoologists, geneticists and insect chemists.
- Presents a comprehensive overview of environmental impacts on insect epigenetics
- Written by leaders in their respective areas of research
- Ideal resource for entomologists, zoologists, geneticists and insect chemists
General scientists (particularly zoologists, entomologists, insect biochemists and insect physiologists), environmentalists, policy makers with concerns about pest management, pest control
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Introduction to Advances in Insect Physiology: Insect Epigenetics
- Chapter One: Epigenetics in Insects: Mechanisms, Phenotypes and Ecological and Evolutionary Implications
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Molecular Epigenetic Mechanisms in Insects
- 3 Epigenetic Dynamics
- 4 Epigenetic Phenotypic Modification
- 5 Ecological and Evolutionary Implications
- 6 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter Two: Nutrition and Epigenetic Change in Insects: Evidence and Implications
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Epigenetic Effects of Nutrition in Insects
- 3 Insect Phenotypic Plasticity
- 4 Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter Three: The Role of MicroRNAs in Drosophila Regulation of Insulin-Like Peptides and Ecdysteroid Signalling: Where Are We Now?
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 ILPs and Ecdysteroids
- 3 miRNA Biogenesis Pathway and Action
- 4 miRNA Regulation of ILPs and Ecdysteroids
- 5 Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Four: Epigenetic Regulation of Longevity in Insects
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation Across Insect Species
- 3 Developmental Epigenetic Programming of Caste-Specific Differences in Longevity in Social Insects
- 4 Modification of Aging and Longevity in Drosophila by Modulating Epigenetic Pathways
- 5 Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance of Life Span and Longevity-Associated Traits in Drosophila
- 6 Conclusions
- Chapter Five: Epigenetic Influences on Diapause
- Abstract
- 1 Overview of Diapause
- 2 DNA Methylation and Diapause Induction
- 3 Histone Modifications That May Regulate Insect Diapause
- 4 Small RNA Regulation of Insect Diapause
- 5 Evidence for Epigenetic Regulation of a Maternal Effect in S. bullata
- 6 Epigenetic Influences on Dormancy in Other Animals
- 7 Conclusions and Future Directions
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Six: The Impact of Parasites on Host Insect Epigenetics
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Insect Immunity
- 3 Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation
- 4 Impact of Parasites on Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation in the Host
- 5 DNA Methylation
- 6 miRNAs
- 7 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Seven: From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Evolution and Diversity of Swarming Grasshoppers
- 3 Measuring Phase-Related Behaviour
- 4 Proximal Stimuli Inducing Phase Change
- 5 Biogenic Amine Signalling
- 6 Genomics, Transcriptomics and Epigenetics
- 7 Neurophysiological Consequences of Phase Change
- 8 Collective Behaviour
- 9 Environmental Stimuli Affecting Phase Change
- 10 Ecology and Landscape-Level Processes
- 11 Human–Locust Interactions
- 12 Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Eight: The Future of Environmental Epigenetics: Insights Using the Clonal Water Flea Model
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Daphnia as a Model Organism
- 3 Epigenetic Machinery in Daphnia: Evidence and Predictions
- 4 Insights From Epigenetic Studies
- 5 Technology-Driven Research: Methods and Bioinformatics
- 6 Quo Vadis?
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter Nine: Epigenetics: A Hidden Target of Insecticides
- Abstract
- 1 Insecticides
- 2 Insecticide Resistance
- 3 Epigenetics Involved in Insecticide Response
- 4 Epigenetics Can Enhance Early on Adaptation
- 5 Epigenetic System as Promising Target for New Insecticides
- No. of pages: 342
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 53
- Published: August 24, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128118337
- eBook ISBN: 9780128118344
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Heleen Verlinden
Heleen Verlinden is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction at KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, KU Leuven, BelgiumRJ
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, USARead Insect Epigenetics on ScienceDirect