Insect integument and colour
By: edited by Jérôme Casas, Stephen J. Simpson
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Advances in insect physiology -- v. 38
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780123813909; 9780123813893
Subjects: Insects; Color; Physiology
Description: Advances in Insect Physiology publishes eclectic and thematic volumes containing important, comprehensive and in-depth reviews of all aspects of insect physiology. It is an essential reference source for invertebrate physiologists and neurobiologists, entomologists, zoologists and insect biochemists. First published in 1963, the serial is now edited by Steve Simpson and Jerome Casas to provide an international perspective. This thematic volume on insect integument and colour contributes to the revival of insect integrative biology. * Contributions from the
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Advances in Insect Physiology: Insect Integument and Colour; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Increasing Demands and Vanishing Expertise in Insect Integrative Biology; Chapter 2: Chitin Biochemistry: Synthesis, Hydrolysis and Inhibition; Chapter 3: Diverse Strategies of Protein Sclerotization in Marine Invertebrates: Structure-Property Relationships in Natural Biomaterials; Chapter 4: Insect Cuticular Surface Modifications: Scales and Other Structural formations; Chapter 5: Structural Colours