Insect metamorphosis : from natural history to regulation of development and evolution
X. Bellés (Author)
Insect Metamorphosis: From Natural History to Regulation of Development and Evolution explores the origin of metamorphosis, how it evolved, and how it is it regulated. The book discusses insect metamorphosis as a key innovation in insect evolution. With most of the present biodiversity on Earth composed of metamorphosing insects--approximately 1 million species currently described, with another 10-30 million still waiting to be discovered, the book delves into misconceptions and past treatments. In addition, the topic of integrating insect metamorphosis into the theory of evolution by natural selection as noted by Darwin in his On the Origin of Species is also discussed
eBook, English, 2020
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, London, United Kingdom, 2020
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9780128130216, 0128130210
1145555405
The evolution of ideas on insect metamorphosis
A spectacular diversity of forms and developmental modes
The ametabolan development
The hemimetabolan development
The holometabolan development
Hormones involved in the regulation of metamorphosis
Molecular mechanisms regulating hormone production and action
Epigenetic-related mechanisms
Molting : the basis for growing and for changing the form
Regulation of ametabolan, hemimetabolan, and holometabolan development
The origin of hemimetaboly
The evolution of metamorphosis