Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 A brief history of Lepidoptera as model systems
- 2 Genetics of the silkworm: revisiting an ancient model system
- 3 Mobile elements of lepidopteran genomes
- 4 Lepidopteran phytogeny and applications to comparative studies of development
- 5 A summary of lepidopteran embryogenesis and experimental embryology
- 6 Roles of homeotic genes in the Bombyx body plan
- 7 Chorion genes: an overview of their structure, function, and transcriptional regulation
- 8 Chorion genes: molecular models of evolution
- 9 Regulation of the silk protein genes and the homeobox genes in silk gland development
- 10 Control of transcription of Bombyx mori RNA polymerase III
- 11 Hormonal regulation of gene expression during lepidopteran development
- 12 Lepidoptera as model systems for studies of hormone action on the central nervous system
- 13 Molecular genetics of moth olfaction: a model for cellular identity and temporal assembly of the nervous system
- 14 Molecular biology of the immune response
- 15 Engineered baculoviruses: molecular tools for lepidopteran developmental biology and physiology and potential agents for insect pest control
- 16 Epilogue: Lepidopterans as model systems – questions and prospects
- References
- Index
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 A brief history of Lepidoptera as model systems
- 2 Genetics of the silkworm: revisiting an ancient model system
- 3 Mobile elements of lepidopteran genomes
- 4 Lepidopteran phytogeny and applications to comparative studies of development
- 5 A summary of lepidopteran embryogenesis and experimental embryology
- 6 Roles of homeotic genes in the Bombyx body plan
- 7 Chorion genes: an overview of their structure, function, and transcriptional regulation
- 8 Chorion genes: molecular models of evolution
- 9 Regulation of the silk protein genes and the homeobox genes in silk gland development
- 10 Control of transcription of Bombyx mori RNA polymerase III
- 11 Hormonal regulation of gene expression during lepidopteran development
- 12 Lepidoptera as model systems for studies of hormone action on the central nervous system
- 13 Molecular genetics of moth olfaction: a model for cellular identity and temporal assembly of the nervous system
- 14 Molecular biology of the immune response
- 15 Engineered baculoviruses: molecular tools for lepidopteran developmental biology and physiology and potential agents for insect pest control
- 16 Epilogue: Lepidopterans as model systems – questions and prospects
- References
- Index
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- Molecular Model Systems in the Lepidoptera , pp. 435 - 528Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995