The Biology of Mosquitoes: Volume 1: Development, Nutrition and Reproduction (Cabi Publishing)

This book is a detailed account of the embryology, growth and metamorphosis of mosquitoes, the nutrition of larvae and adults, and egg production by the adult females. Physiological adaptations of larvae to their aquatic environment are also described. Written in a manner to be comprehensible to any informed biologist, the book has received glowing reviews. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Mosquitoes: life cycle, biology, disease transmission 1 Aspects of genetics 1.1 The chromosomes 1.2 Molecular characteristics of the genome 1.3 Meiosis 1.4 Sex determination, sexual differentiation and sex-ratio regulation 1.5 Cytoplasmic incompatibility 2 Embryology 2.1 Larval embryogenesis 2.2 Experimental embryology 3 The egg shell 3.1 Structure 3.2 Sclerotization 3.3 Water relations 3.4 Hatching 4 Larval feeding 4.1 Food sources and feeding modes 4.2 Structure of the mouthparts and pharynx 4.3 Feeding mechanisms 4.4 Feeding rates 5 Larval nutrition, excretion and respiration 5.1 Structure of the alimentary canal 5.2 Digestion 5.3 Nutritional requirements 5.4 Metabolic reserves 5.5 Excretion 5.6 Larval and pupal respiration 6 Osmotic and ionic regulation 6.1 Chemical properties of larval habitats 6.2 Regulation of the haemolymph 6.3 Water balance 6.4 Mechanisms of ion uptake 6.5 Mechanisms of ionic and osmotic regulation 6.6 Ultrastructure of the organs associated with ion and water transport 7 Growth and development 7.1 Larval growth 7.2 Cytogenetic aspects of growth and development 7.3 Cuticle ultrastructure, deposition and ecdysis 7.4 Endogenous developmental rhythms 8 Metamorphosis 8.1 The imaginal disks 8.2 Sexual differentiation 8.3 Development and metamorphosis of the central nervous system and compound eyes 8.4 Metamorphosis of the alimentary canal 8.5 Metamorphosis of other organs 8.6 Hormones and metamorphosis 8.7 Maturation 9 The circulatory system 9.1 Anatomy 9.2 Origin and characteristics of the heartbeat 9.3 Haemolymph 9.4 Immune responses 10 The endocrine system and hormones 10.1 The endocrine organs 10.2 The stomatogastric nervous system 10.3 Hormones 11 Adult food and feeding mechanisms 11.1 Food 11.2 Structure of the mouthparts and associated organs 11.3 Feeding mechanisms 11.4 Sensory reception and regulation of food intake 12 The adult salivary glands and their secretions 12.1 Structure of the salivary glands 12.2 The constituents, actions and secretion of saliva 12.3 Skin reactions of mammalian hosts 13 Structure of the adult alimentary canal 13. 1 The foregut 13.2 The midgut 13.3 The hindgut and Malpighian tubules 14 Adult digestion 14.1 Enzymes of the digestive tract 14.2 The peritrophic membrane 14.3 Digestion of the blood meal 14.4 Regulation of enzyme synthesis 15 Adult energy metabolism 15.1 Synthesis of reserves 15.2 Utilization of reserves 16 Adult diuresis, excretion and defaecation 16.1 Diuresis after emergence and after feeding 16.2 Mechanisms of tubular fluid production 16.3 Regulation of diuresis 16.4 Excretion and defaecation after emergence 16.5 Composition of excreta and faeces after blood feeding 16.6 Regulation of excretion and defaecation after blood feeding 17 Structure of the gonads and gonoducts 17.1 Structure of the testes and male genital ducts 17.2 Structure of the ovaries and oviducts 18 Spermatogenesis and the structure of spermatozoa 18.1 Spermatogenesis 18.2 Spermatozoa 19 Oogenesis 19.1 The formation of ovaiian follicles 19.2 The ovarian cycle 19.3 Effects of external factors 19.4 rRNA synthesis in oocyte and nurse cells 19.5 Follicle growth and development 19.6 Chorion formation 20 Vitellogenesis 20.1 The nature of yolk 20.2 Expression of the vitellogenin genes 20.3 Ultrastructural changes in the trophocytes 20.4 Incorporation of vitellogenin 21 Hormonal regulation of ovarian development in anautogenous mosquitoes 21.1 The previtellogenic phase 21.2 The initiation of vitellogenic development 21.3 The promotion of vitellogenic development 21.4 Stimuli from the blood meal 21.5 20-Hydroxyecdysone 21.6 Juvenile hormone 21.7 Antagonistic and synergistic effects of hormones 21.8 Oostasis 21.9 The second ovarian cycle 22 Nutrition and fertility of anautogenous mosquitoes 22.1 Factors affecting fecundity and fertility 22.2 Nutritional requirements for oogenesis 22.3 Correlation offertility with food intake 23 Autogeny 23.1 The phenomenon of autogeny 23.2 Hormonal regulation of autogenous ovarian development 23.3 The genetic basis of autogeny References Species index A B C D E H M O P R S T W Subject index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Back Cover