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Molecular Approaches to Fundamental and Applied Entomology

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. John Oakeshott

    1. Division of Entomology, Molecular Biology and Physiology Section, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT, Australia

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  2. Max J. Whitten

    1. Division of Entomology, Molecular Biology and Physiology Section, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT, Australia

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Experimental Entomology (SSEXP)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Drosophila as a Tool for Investigating the Molecular Genetics of Insecticide Resistance

    • Richard H. ffrench-Constant, Richard T. Roush, Flerida A. Cariño
    Pages 1-37

  3. Naturally Occurring Insecticidal Molecules as Candidates for Genetic Engineering

    • Keith C. Binnington, Valerie J. Baule
    Pages 38-89

  4. Genetic Engineering of Baculoviruses for Insect Control

    • Justinus M. Vlak
    Pages 90-127

  5. Insect Viruses: New Strategies for Pest Control

    • Peter D. Christian, Terry N. Hanzlik, David J. Dall, Karl H. Gordon
    Pages 128-163

  6. Molecular Methods for Insect Phylogenetics

    • Ross H. Crozier
    Pages 164-221

  7. Molecular Population Genetics of Drosophila

    • Charles F. Aquadro
    Pages 222-266

  8. The Regulation of Cellular Pattern Formation in the Compound Eye of Drosophila melanogaster

    • Rick G. Tearle, Trevor J. Lockett, Wayne R. Knibb, Jeremy Garwood, Robert B. Saint
    Pages 267-291

  9. Molecular Genetics of Sex Determination in Drosophila melanogaster

    • John M. Belote
    Pages 292-328

  10. Molecular Genetics of Complex Behavior: Biological Rhythms in Drosophila

    • C. P. Kyriacou
    Pages 329-356

  11. Molecular Analysis of Insect Meiosis and Sex Ratio Distortion

    • Terrence W. Lyttle, Chung-I Wu, R. Scott Hawley
    Pages 357-406

  12. Strategies and Tools for Extending Molecular Entomology Beyond Drosophila

    • Stephen C. Trowell, Peter D. East
    Pages 407-450

  13. Prospects and Possibilities for Gene Transfer Techniques in Insects

    • David A. O’Brochta, Alfred M. Handler
    Pages 451-488

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 489-498
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About this book

Insects as a group occupy a middle ground in the biosphere between bacteria and viruses at one extreme, amphibians and mammals at the other. The size and general nature of insects present special problems to the study of entomology. For example, many commercially available instruments are geared to measure in grams, while the forces commonly encountered in studying insects are in the milligram range. Therefore, techniques developed in the study of insects or in those fields concerned with the control of insect pests are often unique. Methods for measuring things are common to all sciences. Advances sometimes depend more on how something was done than on what was measured; indeed a given field often progresses from one technique to another as new methods are discovered, developed, and modified. Just as often, some of these techniques find their way into the classroom when the problems involved have been sufficiently ironed out to permit students to master the manipulations in a few laboratory periods. Many specialized techniques are confined to one specific research laboratory. Although methods may be considered commonplace where they are used, in another context even the simplest procedures may save considerable time. It is the purpose of this series (1) to report new developments in methodology, (2) to reveal sources of groups who have dealt with and solved particular entomological problems, and (3) to describe experiments which may be applicable for use in biology laboratory courses.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Entomology, Molecular Biology and Physiology Section, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT, Australia

    John Oakeshott, Max J. Whitten

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Approaches to Fundamental and Applied Entomology

  • Editors: John Oakeshott, Max J. Whitten

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Experimental Entomology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9217-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag, New York 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97814-7Due: 11 December 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-9219-4Published: 09 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9217-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6188

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 498

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Zoology

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