Sensing in Nature (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 739)

Biological Systems Are An Emerging Discipline That May Provide Integrative Tools By Assembling The Hierarchy Of Interactions Among Genes, Proteins And Molecular Networks Involved In Sensory Systems. The Aim Of This Volume Is To Provide A Picture, As Complete As Possible, Of The Current State Of Knowledge Of Sensory Systems In Nature. The Presentation In This Book Lies At The Intersection Of Evolutionary Biology, Cell And Molecular Biology, Physiology And Genetics. Sensing In Nature Is Written By A Distinguished Panel Of Specialists And Is Intended To Be Read By Biologists, Students, Scientific Investigators And The Medical Community. Thermosensor Systems In Eubacteria / Wolfgang Schumann -- Molecular Plant Volatile Communication / Jarmo K. Holopainen And James D. Blande -- Primary Processes In Sensory Cells : Current Advances / Stephan Frings -- Chemical Communication In Insects : The Peripheral Odor Coding System Of Drosophila Melanogaster / Narelle E. Tunstall And Coral G. Warr -- Eusocial Evolution And The Recognition Systems In Social Insects / Michelle O. Krasnec And Michael D. Breed -- Odor And Pheromone Sensing Via Chemoreceptors / Minghong Ma -- Identifying Self And Nonself Generated Signals : Lessons From Electrosensory Systems / Angel Ariel Caputi And Javier Nogueira -- Magnetoreception / Roswitha Wiltschko And Wolfgang Wiltschko -- The Molecular Basis Of Mechanosensory Transduction / Kara L. Marshall And Ellen A. Lumpkin -- The Evolution Of Vertebrate Color Vision / Gerald H. Jacobs -- Transforming The Vestibular System One Molecule At A Time : The Molecular And Developmental Basis Of Vertebrate Auditory Evolution / Jeremy S. Duncan And Bernd Fritzsch -- Neurobiology Of Sociability / Heather K. Caldwell -- Changing Senses : Chemosensory Signaling And Primate Evolution / Emily R. Liman -- Molecules And Mating : Positive Selection And Reproductive Behavior In Primates / Leslie A. Knapp And Simeon H.s. Innocent -- Immune Systems Evolution / Ramón M. Rodríguez, Antonio López Vázquez, And Carlos López Larrea -- Involvement Of Sirtuins In Life Span And Aging Related Diseases / Ulrich Mahlknecht And Barbara Zschoernig -- Molecular Diversity Of Dscam And Self Recognition / Lei Shi And Tzumin Lee -- The Neural Basis Of Semantic And Episodic Forms Of Self Knowledge : Insights From Functional Neuroimaging / Arnaud D'argembeau And Eric Salmon -- Hallmarks Of Consciousness / Ann B. Butler. Edited By Carlos López-larrea. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Thermosensorsy Stems in Eubacteria....Pages 1-16 Molecular Plant Volatile Communication....Pages 17-31 Primary Processes in Sensory Cells: Current Advances....Pages 32-58 Chemical Communication in Insects: The Peripheral Odour Coding System of Drosophila Melanogaster ....Pages 59-77 Eusocial Evolution and the Recognition Systems in Social Insects....Pages 78-92 Odor and Pheromone Sensing Via Chemoreceptors....Pages 93-106 Identifying Self- and Nonself-Generated Signals: Lessons from Electrosensory Systems....Pages 107-125 Magnetoreception....Pages 126-141 The Molecular Basis of Mechanosensory Transduction....Pages 142-155 The Evolution of Vertebrate Color Vision....Pages 156-172 Transforming the Vestibular System One Molecule at a Time: The Molecular and Developmental Basis of Vertebrate Auditory Evolution....Pages 173-186 Neurobiology of Sociability....Pages 187-205 Changing Senses: Chemosensory Signaling and Primate Evolution....Pages 206-217 Molecules and Mating: Positive Selection and Reproductive Behaviour in Primates....Pages 218-236 Immune Systems Evolution....Pages 237-251 Involvement of Sirtuins in Life-Span and Aging Related Diseases....Pages 252-261 Molecular Diversity of Dscam and Self-Recognition....Pages 262-275 The Neural Basis of Semantic and Episodic Forms of Self-Knowledge: Insights from Functional Neuroimaging....Pages 276-290 Hallmarks of Consciousness....Pages 291-309 Back Matter....Pages 311-316