Chemical Ecology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- The Chemistry of Defense: Theory and Practice -- DISTRIBUTION OF DEFENSES -- PATTERNS OF ALLOCATION -- SPECIAL CASE: HUMAN CHEMICAL DEFENSES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Poisons in Amphibian Skin -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Phyletic Dominance -- ARTHROPOD CHEMICAL DEFENSES -- SPIDER VENOMS -- CHEMICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARTHROPOD DOMINANCE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Social Regulation: Multicomponent Signals in Ant Societies -- PHEROMONE BLENDS -- MODULATION AND RITUALIZATION OF MULTICOMPONENT SIGNALS -- NESTMATE RECOGNITION AND EXCLUSION OF FOREIGNERS -- CONCLUSION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Eavesdropping, Alarm, and Deceit -- EAVESDROPPING -- ALARM -- DECEIT -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Polydnavirus-Facilitated Endoparasite Protection Against Host Immune Defenses -- IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENTAL ARREST -- DIVERSE STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PARASITIZATION -- POLYDNAVIRUSES: GENERAL FEATURES -- POLYDNAVIRUS EXPRESSION IN THE HOST -- VIRAL MULTIGENE FAMILIES -- CYSTEINE-RICH GENE FAMILY -- GENE STRUCTURE OF WHV1.0, WHV1.6, AND VHV1.1 -- OPEN READING FRAMES OF THE CYSTEINE-RICH GENES -- VENOM-RELATED GENE FAMILY -- REPEAT GENE FAMILY -- PARASITE-VIRUS-HOST -- SEGMENTED VIRUS GENOMES: EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE -- GENE FAMILIES: EVOLUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Gamete Attraction: Chemical Structures, Biosynthesis, and (A)biotic Degradation of ... -- BROWN ALGAE AND THEIR PHEROMONES -- BIOSYNTHESIS OF C11 HYDROCARBONS IN HIGHER AND LOWER PLANTS (PHAEOPHYCEAE) -- (A)BIOTIC DEGRADATION OF ALGAL PHEROMONES -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Sex Attraction -- OVERT CHEMICAL SIGNALS.

Rapid Identification of Pheromone Components with the Electroantennogram -- Complex Structures vs. Specific Blends -- SEX PHEROMONE PRODUCTION -- Key Biosynthetic Enzymes -- Hormonal Control -- PHEROMONE PERCEPTION -- Peripheral Detection -- Plume Structure -- Behavioral Thresholds -- Brain Black Box -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Sexual Selection -- DEFENSE -- COURTSHIP -- SEXUAL SELECTION -- PARENTAL INVESTMENT -- SPERM SELECTION -- ADDITIONAL FINDINGS -- THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- The Chemistry of Signal Transduction -- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN T CELLS AND THE ROLE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS -- IMMUNOPHILINS AND THEIR COMPLEXES -- STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON IMMUNOPHILIN-IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT COMPLEXES -- FK506 AND PEPTIDOMIMICRY -- BROADER PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chemical Signals in the Marine Environment: Dispersal, Detection, and Temporal Signal Analysis -- SIGNAL RECEPTION AND ANALYSIS: TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS TO DETERMINE SPATIAL GRADIENTS -- Spatial Gradients in Turbulent Odor Plumes -- Orientation and Navigation in Odor Plumes -- Odor Sampling Behavior -- Temporal Resolution of Olfactory Receptor Cells -- Discussion -- SIGNAL PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING: URINE DISPERSAL IN CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION -- Information Currents and Urine Signals -- Urine Signals in Dominance and Courtship -- Discussion -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Analysis of Chemical Signals by Nervous Systems -- ORIGINS OF OLFACTORY SYSTEMS -- Origins of Chemoreception -- Whence Olfaction? -- FROM STIMULANT MOLECULE TO MOLECULAR IMAGES IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM -- Common Features of Organization of Olfactory Systems -- The Primitives of Olfaction -- Molecular Images in Olfactory Pathways -- A CASE IN POINT: NEURAL PROCESSING OF SEX-PHEROMONAL INFORMATION IN MOTHS -- The Sex-Pheromonal Stimulus -- Detection of the Sex Pheromone.

Olfactory Transduction in Pheromone-Specific Receptor Cells -- Functional Organization of Central Olfactory Pathways -- Stimulus Quality -- Stimulus Quantity -- Stimulus Intermittency -- Synaptic Mechanisms in the AL -- Synaptic Interactions Between AL Neurons -- Higher Order Processing of Pheromonal Information in the CNS -- CONCLUSION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chemical Ecology: A View from the Pharmaceutical Industry -- SELECTION OF DRUG DISCOVERY TARGETS -- SELECTING SOURCES TO BE SCREENED FOR DRUGS AND LEADS -- INTEGRATING INFORMATION FROM MANY ORGANISMS TO GAIN INSIGHT FOR DRUG DESIGN -- EFFICIENT ROUTES TO THE DISCOVERY OF USEFUL COMPOUNDS -- LEARNING TO ASK BETTER QUESTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Abbreviations -- Index.