Genomics, Physiology and Behaviour of Social Insects

Herausgegeben:Zayed, Amro; Kent, Clement

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Physiology, Behavior, Genomics of Social Insects provides comprehensive information on the social insect groups described, including new and unique reviews on emerging model social organisms.

The book's interdisciplinary approach integrates behavior, genomics, and physiology, providing readers with great insights into the present state of a rapidly expanding area of research. It also discusses areas where new research tools will bring hope to longstanding problems.

Produktdetails

• Advances in Insect Physiology Volume 48
• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: S0065-2806(15)X0002-6
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 21mm x 152mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9780128021576
• Artikelnr.: 42130142

Autorenporträt

Amro Zayed was awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal in 2007 for his doctoral research on bee popualtion and conservation genetics. He held a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois' Department of Entomology (2006-2008) where he worked on the evolutionary genomics of social insects with Dr. Charles Whitfield. Dr. Zayed then served as a Fellow for the Institute for Genomic Biology's Genomics of Neural & Behavioral Plasticity Theme, led by Dr. Gene Robinson, at the University of Illinois (2008-2009). Dr. Zayed joined York University's Department of Biology as an Assistant Professor in 2009, where he leads an integrative research program on the evolution and genetics of social behavior in insects. Dr. Zayed received the Ontario Government of Research and Innovation's Early Researcher Award in 2010.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Old Threads Make New Tapestry - Rewiring of Signalling Pathways Underlies Caste Phenotypic Plasticity in the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L.


Klaus Hartfelder, Karina R. Guidugli-Lazzarini, Mario S. Cervoni, Douglas E. Santos and Fernanda C. Humann




2. The Physiological and Genomic Bases of Bumble Bee Social Behavior


Etya Amsalem, Christina M. Grozinger, Mario Padilla and Abraham Hefetz




3. Physiological and Genomic Mechanisms of Social Organization in Wasps (Family: Vespidae)


Jennifer M. Jandt and Amy L. Toth




4. Juvenile Hormone, a Central Regulator of Termite Caste Polyphenism


Judith Korb




5. The Physiology and Genomics of Social Transitions in Aphids


Patrick Abbot




6. Insect Reward Systems: Comparing Flies and Bees


Eirik Søvik , Clint J. Perry and Andrew B. Barron




7. Epigenetics in Social Insects


Karl M. Glastad, Linh Chau and Michael A. D. Goodisman




8. The Molecular and Evolutionary Genetic Implications of Being Truly Social for the Social Insects


Timothy A. Linksvayer




9. Population Genomic and Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Physiology and Behavior in Social Insects


Clement F. Kent and Amro Zayed




10. Understanding Honey Bee Worker Self-Sacrifice: A Conceptual-Empirical Framework Emma K. Mullen and Graham J. Thompson

Rezensionen

"This book is highly recommended for all academics interested in the genomic and physiological underpinnings of behavior among social insects. Those new to the field, especially incoming graduate students, will find this is an excellent primer that places the most recent findings in a historical and theoretical context." --The Quarterly Review of Biology