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1 online resource (308 pages) |
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Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v. 842 |
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Novartis Foundation Symposia
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Photoperiodic regulation of insect and molluscan hormones; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Introduction: the links between 'wet' and 'dry' physiology; Unity and diversity in insect photoperiodism; Discussion; The circadian component in photoperiodic induction; Discussion; Photoperiod reception in spider mites: photoreceptor, clock and counter; Discussion; Long-night summation and programming of pupal diapause in the flesh-fly, Sarcophaga argyrostoma; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION; Effect of temperature on the photoperiodic clock in Megoura viciae |
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Long- and short-day effects on diapause induction in Pyrrhocoris apterusGenetic analysis of geographical variation in photoperiodic diapause and pupal eclosion rhythm in Drosophila littoralis; Discussion; Neuronal organization of a circadian clock in the cockroach Leucophaea maderae; Discussion; Circadian-clock control of hormone secretion in Samia Cynthia ricini; Discussion; Circadian control of haemolymph ecdysteroid titres and the ecdysis rhythm in Rhodnius prolixus; Discussion |
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Photoperiodic regulation of prothoracicotropic hormone release in late larval, prepupal and pupal stages of Sarcophaga bullataDiscussion; Reproductive endocrinology and photoperiodism in a terrestrial slug; Discussion; Photoperiodicity, rhythmicity and endocrinology of reproduction in the snail Lymnaea stagnalis; Discussion; Physiological aspects of the two oscillators that regulate the timing of eclosion in moths; Discussion; A hormonal basis for the photoperiodic control of polymorphism in aphids; Discussion |
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Environmental signals, the neuroendocrine system, and the regulation of larval diapause in the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosellaDiscussion; CONCLUDING GENERAL DISCUSSION; Models, hormone titres and clocks; Concluding comments; Index of contributors; Subject index |
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Print version record |
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Insect hormones -- Congresses
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Insects -- Physiology -- Congresses
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Mollusks -- Physiology -- Congresses
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Photoperiodism -- Congresses
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Insect hormones
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Insects -- Physiology
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Mollusks -- Physiology
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Photoperiodism
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470718551 |
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0470718552 |
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