There has been a considerable upsurge in interest in insect bio
chemistry and physiology in recent years and this has been
reflected in a notable expansion in the number of original papers
in this field. Whereas insect physiology has tended to receive
ample attention from reviewers, the same has not always been true
for the more of insect research. This book is a venture to help
biochemical aspects redress the balance. No attempt has been made
to cover all aspects of insect biochemistry, but rather a few
topics have been selected which seemed to us to merit a review at
the present time. One reason for this increased interest in insect
biochemistry is perhaps the growing realization that insects can be
very useful organisms to act as model systems for the experimental
study of general biochemical principles. One remembers, for
instance, that Keilin's perceptive observations on the flight
muscles of living bees and wax moths led to his discovery of the
cytochromes. The fundamental unity of biochemistry has long been
accepted as a dogma by the faithful and the insect kingdom provides
no exception to it. The main biochemical processes in insects are
being revealed as essentially the same as in other life forms but,
as so often found in comparative biochemistry, there are
interesting variations on the central theme.
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