Awards

• "Winner of A 2003 Choice Magazine ""Outstanding Academic Title."
• Winner of A 2003 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title.
• Winner of A 2003 Choice Magazine ""Outstanding Academic Title.

Overview

Life scientists are increasingly drawn to the study of comparative evolutionary biology. Insect Development and Evolution is the first synthesis of knowledge of insect development within an evolutionary framework and the first to survey the genetic, molecular, and whole organism literature. Bruce S. Heming provides a detailed introduction to the embryonic and postembryonic development of insects. Topics include:* reproductive systems,* male and female gametogenesis,* sperm transfer and use,* fertilization,* sex determination,* parthenogenesis,* embryogenesis,* postembryogenesis,* hormones,* and the role of ontogeny in insect evolution.Summaries for each of these topics cover structural events; comparative aspects (inserted on a phylogeny of the insect orders); and hormonal, genetic, and molecular causal analyses.Insect Development and Evolution treats examples throughout the hexapods with frequent reference to the evolution and development of other invertebrates. It also compares insects to vertebrates and places insect development into context with fossil evidence and earth history. Heming's book will become an essential tool for students and teachers of entomology. It will also interest insect systematists and paleontologists, insect behavioral ecologists, insect pathologists, applied entomologists, developmental and invertebrate biologists, and all scientists who use Drosophila as a model organism.

Full Product Details

Author:   Bruce S. Heming
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Comstock Publishing Associates
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.814kg
ISBN:  

9780801439339

ISBN 10:   0801439337
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   14 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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We .wholeheartedly congratulate Bruce Heming for this excellent book, by far the best comprehensive survey of insect development biology available to date. Alessandro Minelli, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 42, 2004

We .wholeheartedly congratulate Bruce Heming for this excellent book, by far the best comprehensive survey of insect development biology available to date. -Alessandro Minelli, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 42, 2004

Author Information

Bruce S. Heming is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.

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