Insect Hemocytes
Insect Hemocytes
Development, Forms, Functions and Techniques
A. P. Gupta
June 2009
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The function of insect blood cells has long puzzled scientists. This much-needed volume, first published in 1979, attempts to explain the forms and functions of insect hemocytes, creating a solid basis from which work in the field may proceed. Insect Hemocytes had its origins in a symposium held at the XV International Congress of Entomology (1976). It is a coherent presentation whose contributors were some of the most eminent specialists in the field.
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June 2009Paperback
9780521113038
628 pages
234 × 156 × 33 mm
0.87kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Development and Differentiation:
- 1. Embryonic hemocytes: origin and development H. Mori
- 2. Postembryonic development and differentiation: hemopoietic tissues and their functions in some insects J. A. Hoffman, D. Zachary, D. Hoffman, M. Brehélin and A. Porte
- 3. Multiplication of hemocytes D. Feir
- Part II. Forms and Structure:
- 4. Hemocyte types: their structures, synonymies, interrelationships and taxonomic significance A. P. Gupta
- 5. Surface and internal ultrastructure of hemocytes of some insects H. Akai and S. Sato
- 6. Fine structure of hemocyte membranes and intercellular junctions formed during hemocyte encapsulation R. J. Baerwald
- 7. Controversies about the coagulocyte Ch. Grégoire and G. Goffinet
- 8. Controversies about hemocyte types in insects J. W. Arnold
- 9. Hemocyte cultures and insect hemocytology S. S. Sohi
- 10. Pathways and pitfalls in the classification and study of insect hemocytes J. C. Jones
- Part III. Functions:
- 11. Hemocytes and growth in insects V. B. Wigglesworth
- 12. Hemocytes and connective tissue: a critical assessment Doreen E. Ashhurst
- 13. Role of hemocytes in defense against biological agents N. A. Ratcliffe and A. F. Rowley
- 14. Cellular and humoral responses to toxic substances D. Feir
- 15. Biochemical and ultrastructural aspects of synthesis, storage, and secretion in hemocytes A. C. Crossley
- 16. Changes in hemocytes populations M. Shapiro
- Part IV. Techniques:
- 17. Identification key for hemocytes types in hanging-drop preparations A. P. Gupta
- 18. Insect hemocytes under light microscopy: techniques J. W. Arnold and C. F. Hinks
- 19. Techniques for total and differential hemocytes counts and blood volume, and mitotic index determinations M. Shapiro
- 20. Hemocytes techniques: advantaged and disadvantages M. Shapiro
- 21. Light transmission and scanning electron microscopic techniques for insect hemocytes R. J. Baerwald
- 22. Histochemical methods for hemocytes Doreen E. Ashhurst.
