Butterfly Wing Patterns And Mimicry

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128137710

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Butterfly Wing Patterns and Mimicry by Anonim Pdf

Butterfly Wing Patterns and Mimicry, Volume 54, provides an essential reference for those interested in molecular Entomology and the study of natural selection. The volume spans work on the genetics of polymorphism in Heliconius butterflies through to a detailed analysis of the role of CRISPR-CAS in dissecting wing patterning. The volume covers both the evolution and fine scale development of both pattern and pigmentation. The role of wing shape is also considered for the first time in a formal analysis. It should be of interest to both experts and students interested in Entomology and its application to fundamental questions in evolution. Expertise of the contributors, topics, illustrations

Author : Toshio Sekimura,H. Frederik Nijhout
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811049569

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Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns by Toshio Sekimura,H. Frederik Nijhout Pdf

This book facilitates an integrative understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. To develop a deep and realistic understanding of the diversity and evolution of butterfly wing patterns, it is essential and necessary to approach the problem from various kinds of key research fields such as “evo-devo,” “eco-devo,” ”developmental genetics,” “ecology and adaptation,” “food plants,” and “theoretical modeling.” The past decade-and-a-half has seen a veritable revolution in our understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. In addition, studies of how environmental and climatic factors affect the expression of color patterns has led to increasingly deeper understanding of the pervasiveness and underlying mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity. In recognition of the great progress in research on the biology, an international meeting titled “Integrative Approach to Understanding the Diversity of Butterfly Wing Patterns (IABP-2016)” was held at Chubu University, Japan in August 2016. This book consists of selected contributions from the meeting. Authors include main active researchers of new findings of corresponding genes as well as world leaders in both experimental and theoretical approaches to wing color patterns. The book provides excellent case studies for graduate and undergraduate classes in evolution, genetics/genomics, developmental biology, ecology, biochemistry, and also theoretical biology, opening the door to a new era in the integrative approach to the analysis of biological problems. This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Author : H. Frederik Nijhout
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1991-08-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780874749175

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The Development and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns by H. Frederik Nijhout Pdf

Integrating the results of comparative morphology, experiments on pattern development, the genetics of color patterns, and theoretical modeling of pattern formation, Nijhout shows that the enormous diversity of natural patterns arises largely from quantitative variations in a small set of readily understandable generating rules.

Author : NIJHOUT H FREDERIK
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1991-08-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015021641348

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DEV & EVOL BUTTERFLY WING by NIJHOUT H FREDERIK Pdf

Butterfly wing color patterns may indicate sex or distastefulness, may mimic other organisms, may act as camouflage, or they may confuse predators. Most species may be identified by their color patterns alone. Furthermore, the dorsal and ventral patterns may be very different and each has evolved separately. These patterns are not random but are homologous units which can be identified in all species. The patterns are permutations of the nymphalid ground plan. This book describes the elucidation of these homologies based on comparative morphology, genetics, and theoretical modelling. The book is supplemented by line-drawings, diagrams, photographs, charts, tables, graphs, three appendices: "Classification and systematics of the Butterflies", "Higher Classification of the Nymphalidae", and a list of genera in the figures in chapter 2 ("Pattern Elements and Homologies"), a bibliography and an index.--BIOSIS.

Author : Philip Edwin Howse
Publisher : Papadakis Dist A/C
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Butterflies
ISBN : 1906506469

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Seeing Butterflies by Philip Edwin Howse Pdf

Explains how butterfly colours and designs have evolved and how they are protected by camouflage, mimicry and deception.

Author : Ricardo Mallarino,Marcus Kronforst,Marie Manceau
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889714162

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Evo-Devo of Color Pattern Formation by Ricardo Mallarino,Marcus Kronforst,Marie Manceau Pdf

Author : Peter Forbes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300178968

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Dazzled and Deceived by Peter Forbes Pdf

Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.

Author : Donald L. J. Quicke
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118931516

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Mimicry, Crypsis, Masquerade and other Adaptive Resemblances by Donald L. J. Quicke Pdf

Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human behavioural and microbial molecular deceptions Highlights areas where additonal work or specific exeprimentation could be fruitful Includes, animals, plants, micro-organisms and humans

Author : Roger L.H. Dennis
Publisher : CABI
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789243574

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Butterfly Biology Systems by Roger L.H. Dennis Pdf

In Butterfly Biology Systems Roger Dennis explores key topics and contentious issues in butterfly biology, specifically those in life history and behaviour. Uniquely, using a systems approach, the book focuses on the degree of integration and feedback between components and elements affecting each issue, as well as the links between different issues. The book comprises four sections. The first two sections introduce the reader to principles and approaches for investigating complex relationships, and provide a platform of knowledge on butterfly biology. The final two sections deal in turn with life history and behaviour, covering key issues affecting different stages of development from eggs to adults.

Author : Chris D. Jiggins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199566570

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The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies by Chris D. Jiggins Pdf

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years. Their dramatic radiation and remarkable mimicry has fascinated biologists since the days of Bates, Wallace, and Darwin. The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies is the first thorough and accessible treatment of the ecology, genetics, and behaviour of these butterflies, exploring how they offer remarkable insights into tropical biodiversity. The book starts by outlining some of the evolutionary questions that Heliconius research has helped to address, then moves on to an overview of the butterflies themselves and their ecology and behaviour before focussing on wing pattern evolution, and finally, speciation. Richly illustrated with 32 colour plates, this book makes the extensive scientific literature on Heliconius butterflies accessible to a wide audience of professional ecologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, and amateur collectors.

Author : Erik Svensson,Ryan Calsbeek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199595372

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The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology by Erik Svensson,Ryan Calsbeek Pdf

The 'Adaptive Landscape' has been a central concept in population genetics and evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated in 1932. This volume brings together historians of science, philosophers, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists, to discuss the state of the art from several different perspectives.

Author : Vincenzo Capasso,Misha Gromov,Annick Harel-Bellan,Nadya Morozova,Linda Louise Pritchard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642201646

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Pattern Formation in Morphogenesis by Vincenzo Capasso,Misha Gromov,Annick Harel-Bellan,Nadya Morozova,Linda Louise Pritchard Pdf

Pattern Formation in Morphogenesis is a rich source of interesting and challenging mathematical problems. The volume aims at showing how a combination of new discoveries in developmental biology and associated modelling and computational techniques has stimulated or may stimulate relevant advances in the field. Finally it aims at facilitating the process of unfolding a mutual recognition between Biologists and Mathematicians of their complementary skills, to the point where the resulting synergy generates new and novel discoveries. It offers an interdisciplinary interaction space between biologists from embryology, genetics and molecular biology who present their own work in the perspective of the advancement of their specific fields, and mathematicians who propose solutions based on the knowledge grasped from biologists.

Author : Herbert Otto
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775843108

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Butterflies of the Kruger National Park and Surrounds by Herbert Otto Pdf

Butterflies of the Kruger National Park and Surrounds enables identification of these colourful creatures and hopes to promote general interest in the natural world. A lavish and fascinating introduction raises topics such as classification of Lepidoptera, butterfly behavior, names, biology and life cycle, flower adaptations, larval host plants, etc. Each family is first described, then the subfamily, followed by the genus and finally the species. Each of the known KNP butterfly species is dealt with on its own page, with its common and scientific names, life history, etymology and larval host plants. On the opposite page is a gallery of photographs of the butterfly in its environment, often complemented with life cycle and larval host plant photographs. A distribution map is provided for each butterfly species, with red dots indicating KNP rest camps where the butterfly is found, and a pie chart showing the butterfly’s status – how rare or how common it is.

Author : Reginald Crundall Punnett
Publisher : University of Cambridge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mimicry in Butterflies by Reginald Crundall Punnett Pdf

Mimicry in Butterflies This little book has been written in the hope that it may appeal to several classes of readers. Not infrequently I have been asked by friends of different callings in life to recommend them some book on mimicry which shall be reasonably short, well illustrated without being very costly, and not too hard to understand. I have always been obliged to tell them that I know of nothing in our language answering to this description, and it is largely as an attempt to remedy this deficiency that the present little volume has been written. I hope also that it will be found of interest to those who live in or visit tropical lands, and are attracted by the beauty of the butterfly life around them. There are few such countries without some of these cases of close resemblance between butterflies belonging to different families and groups, and it is to those who have the opportunity to be among them that we must look for fuller light upon one of the most fascinating of all nature's problems. If this little book serves to smooth the path of some who would become acquainted with that problem, and desire to use their opportunities of observation, the work that has gone to its making will have been well repaid. To those who cultivate biological thought from the more philosophical point of view, I venture to hope that what I have written may not be without appeal. At such a time as the present, big with impending changes in the social fabric, few things are more vital than a clear conception of the scope and workings of natural selection. Little enough is our certain knowledge of these things, and small though the butterfly's contribution may be I trust that it will not pass altogether unregarded. In conclusion I wish to offer my sincere thanks to those who have helped me in different ways. More especially are they due to my friends Dr Karl Jordan for the loan of some valuable specimens, and to Mr T. H. Riches for his kindly criticism on reading over the proof-sheets.

Author : Reginald Crundall Punnett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316601624

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Mimicry in Butterflies by Reginald Crundall Punnett Pdf

Originally published in 1915, this book presents a concise discussion of mimicry in butterflies and the role of mimicry in the evolutionary process.