Photoperiodic Regulation of Insect and Molluscan Hormones.
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Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
Title
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Photoperiodic Regulation of Insect and Molluscan Hormones.
Author
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Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
ISBN
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9780470718551
Personal Author
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Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (308 pages)
Series
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Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v.842
Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents
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Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones -- Contents -- Chairman's opening remarks -- Introduction: the links between 'wet' and 'dry' physiology -- Unity and diversity in insect photoperiodism -- Discussion -- The circadian component in photoperiodic induction -- Discussion -- Photoperiod reception in spider mites: photoreceptor, clock and counter -- Discussion -- Long-night summation and programming of pupal diapause in the flesh-fly, Sarcophaga argyrostoma -- Discussion -- GENERAL DISCUSSION -- Effect of temperature on the photoperiodic clock in Megoura viciae -- Long- and short-day effects on diapause induction in Pyrrhocoris apterus -- Genetic analysis of geographical variation in photoperiodic diapause and pupal eclosion rhythm in Drosophila littoralis -- Discussion -- Neuronal organization of a circadian clock in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae -- Discussion -- Circadian-clock control of hormone secretion in Samia Cynthia ricini -- Discussion -- Circadian control of haemolymph ecdysteroid titres and the ecdysis rhythm in Rhodnius prolixus -- Discussion -- Photoperiodic regulation of prothoracicotropic hormone release in late larval, prepupal and pupal stages of Sarcophaga bullata -- Discussion -- Reproductive endocrinology and photoperiodism in a terrestrial slug -- Discussion -- Photoperiodicity, rhythmicity and endocrinology of reproduction in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis -- Discussion -- Physiological aspects of the two oscillators that regulate the timing of eclosion in moths -- Discussion -- A hormonal basis for the photoperiodic control of polymorphism in aphids -- Discussion -- Environmental signals, the neuroendocrine system, and the regulation of larval diapause in the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella -- Discussion -- CONCLUDING GENERAL DISCUSSION -- Models, hormone titres and clocks.
Concluding comments -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Insect hormones -- Congresses.
Insects -- Physiology -- Congresses.
Mollusks -- Physiology -- Congresses.
Photoperiodism -- Congresses.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
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Lastciba Foundation Symposium,.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1228850-1001 | QL495 -- .P5 1983 EB |