Ebook: Insect Ultrastructure: Volume 2

Cell biology is moving at breakneck speed, and many of the results from studies on insects have helped in understanding some of the central problems of biology. The time is therefore ripe to provide the scientific community with a series of up-to-date, well illustrated reviews of selected aspects of the sub­ microscopic cytology of insects. The topics we have included fall into four general groups: seven chapters deal with gametogenesis, four concern develop­ ing somatic cells, seventeen chapters describe specialized tissues and organs, and three chapters cover cells in pathological states. These accounts are illustrated with over 600 electron micrographs. The more than 1100 pages in the two volumes of Insect Ultrastructure combined labors of 49 dedicated contributors from II countries. represent the These authors have digested and critically summarized a very large body of information, and some measure of this effort can be gained from consulting the bibliographies that close each of the 31 chapters. These contain 2400 publica­ tions authored by 1500 different scientists. However, before we congratulate ourselves on the advanced state of our knowledge, it is worth remembering that representatives of less than 0.01 % of the known species of insects have been examined with the electron microscope.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Ultrastructure and Development of the Telotrophic Ovary....Pages 3-48
Early Embryogenesis of Bombyx mori ....Pages 49-73
Electron Microscopic Mapping and Ultrastructure of Drosophila Polytene Chromosomes....Pages 75-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
The Structure of Insect Muscles....Pages 111-150
The Structure and Development of the Vacuolar System in the Fat Body of Insects....Pages 151-197
The Ultrastructure of the Digestive and Excretory Organs....Pages 199-268
The Ultrastructure of Interacting Endocrine and Target Cells....Pages 269-301
The Fine Structure of Insect Glands Secreting Waxy Substances....Pages 303-322
The Ultrastructure and Functions of the Silk Gland Cells of Bombyx mori ....Pages 323-364
Structure and Development of Male Accessory Glands in Insects....Pages 365-396
The Photoreceptor Cells....Pages 397-433
The Glial Cells of Insects....Pages 435-475
Mechanosensitive and Olfactory Sensilla of Insects....Pages 477-516
The Cytopathology of Baculovirus Infections in Insects....Pages 517-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Comparative Ultrastructure of Wild-Type and Tumorous Cells of Drosophila ....Pages 559-578
The Cellular Defense System of Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 579-604
Back Matter....Pages 605-624

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Ultrastructure and Development of the Telotrophic Ovary....Pages 3-48
Early Embryogenesis of Bombyx mori ....Pages 49-73
Electron Microscopic Mapping and Ultrastructure of Drosophila Polytene Chromosomes....Pages 75-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
The Structure of Insect Muscles....Pages 111-150
The Structure and Development of the Vacuolar System in the Fat Body of Insects....Pages 151-197
The Ultrastructure of the Digestive and Excretory Organs....Pages 199-268
The Ultrastructure of Interacting Endocrine and Target Cells....Pages 269-301
The Fine Structure of Insect Glands Secreting Waxy Substances....Pages 303-322
The Ultrastructure and Functions of the Silk Gland Cells of Bombyx mori ....Pages 323-364
Structure and Development of Male Accessory Glands in Insects....Pages 365-396
The Photoreceptor Cells....Pages 397-433
The Glial Cells of Insects....Pages 435-475
Mechanosensitive and Olfactory Sensilla of Insects....Pages 477-516
The Cytopathology of Baculovirus Infections in Insects....Pages 517-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Comparative Ultrastructure of Wild-Type and Tumorous Cells of Drosophila ....Pages 559-578
The Cellular Defense System of Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 579-604
Back Matter....Pages 605-624
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