Insect Epigenetics

Examines how the environment can have an impact on genes and regulate phenotypes

Russell Jurenka (Series edited by), Heleen Verlinden (Volume editor)

9780128118337, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 August 2017

342 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.67 kg

Insect 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.

Introduction Heleen Verlinden 1. Epigenetics in insects: Mechanisms, phenotypes, and ecological and evolutionary implications Warren W. Burggren 2. Nutrition and epigenetic change in insects Peter Dearden 3. microRNAs in Drosophila insulin regulation  Jerome Hui and William Bendena 4. Epigenetic regulation of longevity in insects Iryna Kozeretska and Alexander Vaiserman 5. Epigenetic influences on diapause Julie A. Reynolds 6. Impact of parasites on epigenetics of their insect hosts  Andreas Vilcinskas 7. From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism Darron Anthony Cullen 8. The future of environmental epigenetics: insights using the clonal water-flea model Margaret Beaton and Marcin W. Wojewodzic Sr. 9. Epigenetics – A hidden target of insecticides Ann-Marie Oppold and Ruth Muller

Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7], Zoology & animal sciences [PSV]