Phenotypic Plasticity Of Insects

Author : Douglas W. Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 0367803569

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Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects by Douglas W. Whitman Pdf

This book explores the profound importance of phenotypic plasticity as a central organizing theme for understanding biology. Chapters take a broad, integrative approach to explain how physical and biological environmental stimuli (temperature, photoperiod, nutrition, population density, predator presence, etc.), influence insect biochemical, physiological, learning, and developmental processes, altering phenotype, which then influences performance, ecology, life-history, survival, fitness, and subsequent evolution. Topics include endocrinology, development, body size, allometry, polyphenism, reproduction, reproductive and life-history tradeoffs, alternative mating and life-history strategies, density-dependent prophylaxis, physiological adaptation, acclimation, homeostasis, heat-shock proteins, learning, adaptive anti-predator behavior, and evolution of phenotypic plasticity.

Author : Douglas Whitman,T. N. Ananthakrishnan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : MINN:31951D02868193E

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Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects by Douglas Whitman,T. N. Ananthakrishnan Pdf

This book explores the profound importance of phenotypic plasticity as a central organizing theme for understanding biology. Chapters take a broad, integrative approach to explain how physical and biological environmental stimuli (temperature, photoperiod, nutrition, population density, predator presence, etc.), influence insect biochemical, physiological, learning, and developmental processes, altering phenotype, which then influences performance, ecology, life-history, survival, fitness, and subsequent evolution. Topics include endocrinology, development, body size, allometry, polyphenism, reproduction, reproductive and life-history tradeoffs, alternative mating and life-history strategies, density-dependent prophylaxis, physiological adaptation, acclimation, homeostasis, heat-shock proteins, learning, adaptive anti-predator behavior, and evolution of phenotypic plasticity.

Author : T N Ananthakrishnan,Douglas Whitman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781482294408

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Insect Phenotypic Plasticity by T N Ananthakrishnan,Douglas Whitman Pdf

In Volume I of Insect Phenotypic Plasticity, the plasticity inherent in insects is documented. Phenotypically plastic traits include morphological, behavioral, and physiological characteristics. These environmentally induced differences can serve as the raw products upon which natural selection acts. Phenotypic plasticity in short deserves increase

Author : Alex Córdoba-Aguilar,Daniel González-Tokman,Isaac González-Santoyo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192518095

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Insect Behavior by Alex Córdoba-Aguilar,Daniel González-Tokman,Isaac González-Santoyo Pdf

Insects display a staggering diversity of behaviors. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral questions including the genetics of behavior, phenotypic plasticity, chemical communication, and the evolution of life-history traits. This accessible text offers a new approach that provides the reader with the necessary theoretical and conceptual foundations, at different hierarchical levels, to understand insect behavior. The book is divided into three main sections: mechanisms, ecological and evolutionary consequences, and applied issues. The final section places the preceding chapters within a framework of current threats to human survival - climate change, disease, and food security - before providing suggestions and insights as to how we can utilize an understanding of insect behavior to control and/or ameliorate them. Each chapter provides a concise, authoritative review of the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological foundations of each topic.

Author : Wei Guo,S. Reddy Palli,Fei Li,Zhongxia Wu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889743551

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Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Insect Development, Reproduction, and Phenotypic Plasticity by Wei Guo,S. Reddy Palli,Fei Li,Zhongxia Wu Pdf

Author : H.V. Danks
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401718882

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Insect life-cycle polymorphism by H.V. Danks Pdf

Recent studies have shown that genetic polymorphisms play an important role in structuring the seasonal life cycles of insects, complementing an earlier emphasis on the effects of environmental factors. This book presents current ideas and recent research on insect life--cycle polymorphism in a series of carefully prepared chapters by international experts, covering the full breadth of the subject in order to give an up-to-date view of how life cycles are controlled and how they evolve. By consolidating our view of insect life--cycle polymorphism in this way, the book provides a staging point for further enquiries. The volume will be of interest to a wide variety of entomologists and other biologists interested in the control and evolution of life cycles and in understanding the extraordinarily complex ecological strategies of insects and other organisms.

Author : Toshio Sekimura,H. Frederik Nijhout
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Tobias Otte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Chrysomelidae
ISBN : 3832540474

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Phenotypic Plasticity of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in Herbivorous Insects by Tobias Otte Pdf

Speciation of herbivorous insects may be driven by specialization on host plants. Plasticity in host plant preferences might promote sympatric speciation of herbivorous insects if plants affect mating signals and thus, lead to assortative mating. The general aim of this thesis is to understand the causes and consequences of phenotypic plasticity of mating recognition systems of herbivorous insects. The investigated species are the syntopic leaf beetles Phaedon cochleariae and P. armoraciae which have a common host plant range, but use divergent host species when occurring at the same site. Their sexual behavior is mediated by their cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles which function as contact pheromones for mate and species recognition. Behavioral bioassays and chemical analyses are used to study the question whether the host plant species affects the CHC pattern of the beetles, and thus, their mate recognition. Within a species, males prefer mating with females feeding on the same host plant species to mating with females feeding on an alternative host plant. Sexual isolation between species ceases when beetles feed upon the same host plant species. A discriminant analysis reveals that the beetles' quantitative composition of CHC profiles clearly differ in dependence of sex, host plant and insect species. However, the profiles of the two beetle species are more similar when feeding upon the same host plant species. These findings give rise to the idea that plant-induced phenotypic divergence in mate recognition cues of herbivorous insects may act as an early barrier to gene flow between insect populations on different host species, thus preceding genetic divergence and thus, promoting ecological speciation

Author : David W. Pfennig
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000387582

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Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution by David W. Pfennig Pdf

Phenotypic plasticity – the ability of an individual organism to alter its features in direct response to a change in its environment – is ubiquitous. Understanding how and why this phenomenon exists is crucial because it unites all levels of biological inquiry. This book brings together researchers who approach plasticity from diverse perspectives to explore new ideas and recent findings about the causes and consequences of plasticity. Contributors also discuss such controversial topics as how plasticity shapes ecological and evolutionary processes; whether specific plastic responses can be passed to offspring; and whether plasticity has left an important imprint on the history of life. Importantly, each chapter highlights key questions for future research. Drawing on numerous studies of plasticity in natural populations of plants and animals, this book aims to foster greater appreciation for this important, but frequently misunderstood phenomenon. Key Features Written in an accessible style with numerous illustrations, including many in color Reviews the history of the study of plasticity, including Darwin’s views Most chapters conclude with recommendations for future research

Author : Chandrasekar Raman,Marian R. Goldsmith,Tolulope A. Agunbiade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319242446

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Short Views on Insect Genomics and Proteomics by Chandrasekar Raman,Marian R. Goldsmith,Tolulope A. Agunbiade Pdf

Entomology is a super science, embracing interdisciplinary approaches in genomics, proteomics, and interdependent fields of biochemistry, physiology, molecular entomology, and biotechnology. An urgent need to manage available resources for the benefit of the planet and humankind has led to remarkable progress since publication of the fruit fly genome in 2000. “Short Views on Insect Genomics and Proteomics” presents multiple perspectives of recognized experts from around the world in genomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and immunology, emphasizing fast-moving areas of current research on insects and other arthropods. Concise, accessible, topical reviews include body lice and white fly genome projects, aphid phenotypic plasticity, insect regulatory genomics, the complex tick sialome, protein expression systems, therapeutic potential of insect antimicrobial peptides, nanoparticle insecticides, and novel uses for recombinant and synthetic spider silks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 008047117X

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Advances in Insect Physiology by Anonim Pdf

Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews on all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steve Simpson (Oxford University, UK). More than 300 pages with contributions from the leading researchers in entomology Over 40 figures and illustrations combined Includes an in-depth review of the genetics of the honey bee Discusses the physiological diversity in insects

Author : Thomas J. DeWitt,Samuel M. Scheiner,Adjunct Professor Department of Biology Samuel M Scheiner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195138962

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Phenotypic Plasticity by Thomas J. DeWitt,Samuel M. Scheiner,Adjunct Professor Department of Biology Samuel M Scheiner Pdf

Genetic, evolution, adaptation, environment, genotype.

Author : Daniel González-Tokman,Wesley Dáttilo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780192864161

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Effects of Climate Change on Insects by Daniel González-Tokman,Wesley Dáttilo Pdf

An advanced textbook that reviews the conceptual approaches and the most important advances in our current understanding of insect physiology, ecology, evolution and conservation, in the ongoing and rapidly developing context of global anthropogenic climate change.

Author : Volker Loeschcke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642727702

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Genetic Constraints on Adaptive Evolution by Volker Loeschcke Pdf

Genetic constraints on adaptive evolution can be understood as those genetic aspects that prevent or reduce the potential for natural selection to result in the most direct ascent of the mean phenotype to an optimum. The contributions to this volume emphasize how genetic aspects in the transmission of traits constrain adaptive evolution. Approaches span from quantitative, population, ecological to molecular genetics. Much attention is devoted to genetic correlations, to the maintenance of quantitative genetic variation, and to the intimate relation between genetics, ecology, and evolution. This volume addresses all evolutionary biologists and explains why they should be wary of evolutionary concepts that base arguments purely on phenotypic characteristics.

Author : Mary Jane West-Eberhard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198028567

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Developmental Plasticity and Evolution by Mary Jane West-Eberhard Pdf

The first comprehensive synthesis on development and evolution: it applies to all aspects of development, at all levels of organization and in all organisms, taking advantage of modern findings on behavior, genetics, endocrinology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory and phylogenetics to show the connections between developmental mechanisms and evolutionary change. This book solves key problems that have impeded a definitive synthesis in the past. It uses new concepts and specific examples to show how to relate environmentally sensitive development to the genetic theory of adaptive evolution and to explain major patterns of change. In this book development includes not only embryology and the ontogeny of morphology, sometimes portrayed inadequately as governed by "regulatory genes," but also behavioral development and physiological adaptation, where plasticity is mediated by genetically complex mechanisms like hormones and learning. The book shows how the universal qualities of phenotypes--modular organization and plasticity--facilitate both integration and change. Here you will learn why it is wrong to describe organisms as genetically programmed; why environmental induction is likely to be more important in evolution than random mutation; and why it is crucial to consider both selection and developmental mechanism in explanations of adaptive evolution. This book satisfies the need for a truly general book on development, plasticity and evolution that applies to living organisms in all of their life stages and environments. Using an immense compendium of examples on many kinds of organisms, from viruses and bacteria to higher plants and animals, it shows how the phenotype is reorganized during evolution to produce novelties, and how alternative phenotypes occupy a pivotal role as a phase of evolution that fosters diversification and speeds change. The arguments of this book call for a new view of the major themes of evolutionary biology, as shown in chapters on gradualism, homology, environmental induction, speciation, radiation, macroevolution, punctuation, and the maintenance of sex. No other treatment of development and evolution since Darwin's offers such a comprehensive and critical discussion of the relevant issues. Developmental Plasticity and Evolution is designed for biologists interested in the development and evolution of behavior, life-history patterns, ecology, physiology, morphology and speciation. It will also appeal to evolutionary paleontologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and teachers of general biology.