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Progress in Mosquito Research
This comprehensive resource provides a scholarly overview of recent progress in mosquito research, and is ideal for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists
Alexander S. Raikhel (Volume editor)
9780128024577, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 26 August 2016
466 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg
"This book provides an excellent overview of the recent advances in mosquito biology. Overall, this is a well-written and well-organized book, and it represents an excellent resource on mosquito physiology for students and professionals working in mosquito biology as well as mosquito control." --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol.92, No. 4
Progress in Mosquito Research provides readers with the latest interdisciplinary reviews on the topic. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists, neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists, and insect chemists, with Volume 51 focusing on recent progress in mosquito research.
Contributors Preface Chapter One: Progress in Gene Editing Transgenesis Genome Manipulation in Mosquitoes Chapter Two: Sex Determination in Mosquitoes Chapter Three: Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Mating Systems in Mosquitoes Chapter Four: The Role of Juvenile Hormone in Mosquito Development and Reproduction Chapter Five: Regulation of Reproductive Processes in Female Mosquitoes Chapter Six: Mosquito Peptide Hormones: Diversity, Production, and Function Chapter Seven: Functions of Small RNAs in Mosquitoes Chapter Eight: The Complement System of Malaria Vector Mosquitoes Chapter Nine: Influences of the Mosquito Microbiota on Vector Competence Chapter Ten: Mosquito Sensory Systems Chapter Eleven: Molecular Physiology of Mosquito Diapause Chapter Twelve: Nitrogen Metabolism in Mosquitoes: New Insights into the Nitrogen Metabolism in Blood-Fed Mosquitoes Chapter Thirteen: Renal Excretory Processes in Mosquitoes Index
Subject Areas: Insects [entomology PSVT7], Molecular biology [PSD], Genetics [non-medical PSAK]
