Although insect endocrinology is one of the oldest and most
active branches of insect physiology, its classic general texts are
long out of date, while its abundant primary literature provides
little biological context in which to make sense of the discipline
as a whole. In this book, H. Frederik Nijhout's goal is to provide
a complete, concise, and up-to-date source for students and
nonspecialists seeking an overview of the dynamic and wide-ranging
science that insect endocrinology has become since its beginnings
nearly eighty years ago in the study of insect metamorphosis.
The author offers a comprehensive survey of the many roles that
hormones play in the biology of insects. Among the topics discussed
are the control of molting, metamorphosis, reproduction, caste
determination in social insects, diapause, migration, carbohydrate
and lipid metabolism, diuresis, and behavior. The account features
a summary of the most current and accurate thinking on the complex
roles of ecdysone and juvenile hormone in the control of
metamorphosis, a process still misunderstood and misrepresented in
biological textbooks and many professional reviews. Throughout, the
book's emphasis is on the biology of the organism and the ways in
which physiological and developmental regulatory mechanisms are
integrated into the insect's life cycle.
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