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Tables of Contents for Insect Hormones
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PREFACE
ix
CHAPTER 1: ANATOMY OF THE INSECT ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
3
13
The Prothoracic Glands
4
3
The Corpora Allata
7
2
The Neuroendocrine System
9
7
The Brain-Retrocerebral Neuroendocrine Complex
9
4
The Neuroendocrine System of the Ventral Nerve Cord
13
3
CHAPTER 2: MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
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17
Mechanisms of Hormone Action
17
8
Lipid Hormones
18
2
Peptide Hormones
20
5
Regulatory and Developmental Hormones
25
1
Hormone-sensitive Periods
26
1
Methods in Insect Endocrinology
27
2
Hormone Assays
29
4
CHAPTER 3: METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS
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17
Fat Body and Hemolymph
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1
Carbohydrate Metabolism
34
5
Lipid Metabolism
39
2
Water Balance and Diuresis
41
5
Muscle-Stimulating and Cardioactive Peptides
46
3
Proctolin
47
1
Cardioactive Peptides
47
2
Neurogenic Amines as Endocrine Secretions
49
1
CHAPTER 4: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY OF GROWTH, MOLTING, AND METAMORPHOSIS
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39
The Molting Cycle
51
9
"Hidden Phases" in the Molting Cycle
59
1
Growth of Soft Cuticle
60
1
Triggers for Molting
61
5
Growth
66
3
Metamorphosis
69
20
Progressive Larval Differentiation (Heteromorphosis)
72
1
Hemimetabolous Metamorphosis
72
1
Holometabolous Metamorphosis
73
6
Evolution of Holometabolous Metamorphosis
79
1
Allometric Consequences of Holometabolous Metamorphosis
80
4
Physiological Control of Metamorphosis
84
5
CHAPTER 5: THE ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF MOLTING AND METAMORPHOSIS
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53
The Head Critical Period and PTTH Secretion
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5
The Prothoracicotropic Hormone
91
4
The Role of Ecdysteroids in the Molting Cycle
95
7
Ecdysone and Ecdysteroids
102
6
Hormonal Control of Ecdysis and Tanning
108
4
Bursicon
109
2
Pupariation Factors
111
1
Juvenile Hormone (JH)
112
6
The Role of Juvenile Hormone in Metamorphosis
118
9
Juvenile Hormone-Sensitive Periods and Developmental Switches
121
4
Inhibition of PTTH Secretion by JH
125
1
Ecdysiotropic Effects of JH
126
1
The Coordination of Physiological and Endocrine Events during Molting and Metamorphosis
127
3
Spatial Patterns in Molting and Metamorphosis
130
5
Delayed Effects of JH
135
1
Endocrine Interactions between Hosts and Parasites
136
1
Insect Hormones and Third-Generation Pesticides
137
5
CHAPTER 6: REPRODUCTION
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18
Morphology of the Reproductive Systems of Insects
142
3
Females
142
3
Males
145
1
General Features of Insect Reproductive Physiology
145
2
Hormonal Control of Reproduction in Females
147
9
Thermobia domestica (Thysanura)
148
1
Diploptera punctata (Blattaria)
149
1
Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera)
150
1
Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera)
151
2
Aedes aegypti (Diptera)
153
3
Hormonal Control of Reproduction in Males
156
1
Hormonal Control of Accessory Gland Function
157
1
Hormones and Sex Determination
158
1
Rabbit Fleas and Rabbit Hormones
159
1
CHAPTER 7: DIAPAUSE
160
16
Environmental Induction of Diapause
161
4
Endocrine Control of Diapause
165
11
Embryonic Diapause
165
4
Larval Diapause
169
1
Pupal Diapause
170
2
Adult Diapause
172
4
CHAPTER 8: POLYPHENISMS
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21
Chromatic Adaptations
177
2
Seasonal Polyphenisms
179
2
Castes in Ants
181
4
Castes in Termites
185
3
Castes in Honeybees
188
1
Phase Polyphenism in Migratory Locusts
189
2
Phase Polyphenism in Aphids
191
3
Color Phases in Armyworms
194
3
CHAPTER 9: HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
197
15
Hormonal Control of Behaviors Associated with Metamorphosis
198
2
Hormonal Control of Ecdysis
200
4
Eclosion Hormone
200
4
Hormones and Migration
204
2
Reproductive Behavior
206
3
Hormonal Control of Social Behavior Patterns
209
1
Hormonal Control of Pheromone Production
210
2
EPILOGUE
212
3
LITERATURE CITED
215
38
AUTHOR INDEX
253
7
SUBJECT INDEX
260