Genes and Endocrine Signalling in Development and Homeostasis

Edited by one of the best scientists in the field, this series presents the latest updates in the field of insect physiology

Michael E. Adams (Volume editor)

9780323854252, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 8 July 2021

180 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 1 kg

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 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.

1. Ecdysteroid signalling in insects—From biosynthesis to gene expression regulation
Naoki Yamanaka
2. A decade with the juvenile hormone receptor
Marek Jindra, Sarka Tumova, Matej Milacek, and Lenka Bittova
3. The epitracheal endocrine system and associated signalling cascades in development, reproduction, and behaviour
Michael E. Adams
4. Regulation of sleep in Drosophila melanogaster
Juan Du, Pengfei Lv, Tiantian Fu, Yu Wei, Yahong Li, Zhe Liu, Lei He, Qiankun He, and Zhangwu Zhao

Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7], Zoology: Invertebrates [PSVT]