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Parasites
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Edited By
Nancy Beckage, University of California, Department of Entomology, Riverside, USA
Stephen Thompson, Millersville University
B. Federici, University of California, Riverside, U.S.A.
Description
Both volumes of Parasites and Pathogens of Insects provide in-depth coverage of the interface between insect parasites
and pathogens and hosts, and explore the relationships between these partners. They emphasize biochemical and molecular interactions,
basic biology, and the roles of hormones, receptors, and other cellular components in modulating interactions between host insects and
attacking agents. These topics also are assessed in relation to biotechnology and biological control.
In the short term, these volumes
fill a void in current literature by emphasizing basic interactions at the biochemical and molecular levels. In the long term, these
interactions may provide avenues for exploitation to enhance the rate of "beneficial" parasitism or to reduce the rates of disease transmission
and infection of vertebrate hosts.
Audience
Researchers and graduate students in insect and invertebrate biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, immunology, cell and developmental
biology, biomedical and veterinary entomology, parasitology, and microbiology.
Contents
M. Mackauer and R. Sequeira, Patterns of Development in Insect Parasites.N.E. Beckage, Games Parasites Play: The Dynamic
Roles of Proteins and Peptides in the Relationship between Parasite and Host.P.O. Lawrence and B. Lanzrein, Hormonal Interactions
between Insect Endoparasites and Their Host Insects.H. Hurd, Reproductive Disturbances Induced by Parasites and Pathogens of
Insects.D.R. Horton and J. Moore, Behavioral Effects of Parasites and Pathogens in Insect Hosts.S.N. Thompson, Redirection
of Host Metabolism and Effects on Parasite Nutrition.D.L. Dahlman and S.B.Vinson, Teratocytes: Developmental and Biochemical
Characteristics.D.B. Stoltz, The Polydnavirus Life Cycle.J.A.G.W. Fleming and P. J. Krell, Polydnavirus Genome Organization.
D. Jones and T. Coudron, Venoms of Parasitic Hymenoptera as Investigatory Tools.B.M. Christensen and D.W. Severson,
Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Mosquito Susceptibility to Plasmodium and Filarioid Nematodes.N.A. Ratcliffe, Cellular
Defense Responses of Insects: Unresolved Problems.R.D. Karp, The Response to Foreign Tissue Transplants in Insects.M.
Sugumaran and M. Kanost, Regulation of Insect Hemolymph Phenoloxidases.
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Hardbound, 364 pages, publication date: JUL-1993
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-084441-8
ISBN-10: 0-12-084441-9
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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