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The latest volume in this respected series addresses: turnover of phototransductive membrane in compound eyes and ocelli; honey bee learning; formation of a neurohaemal organ during insect embryogenesis; thermoregulation and heat exchange; molecular targets of pyrethroid insecticides. Annotation co
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Advances in Insect Physiology
Volume 20
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Advances in Insect Physiology edited by
P. D. EVANS and V. B. WIGGLESWORTH Department of Zoology, The University Cambridge, England
Volume 20
1988
ACADEMIC PRESS Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers London San Diego New York Boston Sydney Toronto Tokyo
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Advances in insect physiology.-Vol. 20 1. Insects-Ph ysiology-Periodicals 595.7'01'05 QL495 ISBN 0-12-024220-6 ISSN 0065-2806
Typeset by Eta Services Ltd, Beccles, Suffolk and printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Contributors A. D. Blest
Developmental Neurohiology Groups, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University,PO Box 475, Canberra City, A C T 2601, Australia J. N. Carr
Departnzent of Anatomy and Neurohiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA T. M. Casey
Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, New Jersev Agricultural Experinzent Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunmlick, NJ08903. U S A J. L. Gould
Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, U S A D. B. Sattelle
ARFC Unit of Insect Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ET, UK P. H. Taghert
Department of Anatomy and Neurohiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St Louis, M O 63110, U S A W. F. Towne
Department of Biology, Kutztown University, Kutztown, P A 19530, USA
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CONTRIBUTORS
J. B.Wall
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St Louis, M O 63110, USA D. Yamamoto
Neuroscience Division, Mitsuhishi-Kusei Institute o f Life Sciences, 11 Minumioova, Machida, Tokyo 194, Japan
Contents Contributors
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The Turnover of Phototransductive Membrane in Compound Eyes and Ocelli A. D. BLEST
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Honey Bee Learning J. L. GOULD and W. F. TOWNE
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The Formation of a Neurohaemal Organ During Insect Embryogenesis P. H. TAGHERT, J. N. CARR and J. B. WALL
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Thermoregulation and Heat Exchange T. M. CASEY
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Molecular Targets of Pyrethroid Insecticides D. B. SATTELLE and D. YAMAMOTO
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Subject Index
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The Turnover of Phototransductive Membrane in Compound Eyes and Ocelli A. David Blest Developmental Neurobiology Groups, Research School o f Biological Sciences. Australian National University. PO Box 475. Canberra City, A.C.T.2601, Australia
1 Introduction 2 2 Organization of arthropod photoreceptors 3 2.1 Regional differentiation of function 3 2.2 The composition of rhabdomeral microvilli 5 3 Phenomenology of turnover: adjustments to the volumes of rhabdoms 8 3.1 Quantitative effects of prolonged illumination 8 3.2 Quantitative effects of daily c