Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Insect homeotic complex genes and development, lessons from drosophila and beyond -- Drosophila limb development -- Early embryonic development: neurogenesis (CNS) -- Hormonal control of the form and function of the nervous system -- Programmed cell death in insect neuromuscular systems during methamorphosis --Prothoracicotropic hormone -- The ecdysteroid receptor -- The juvenile hormones -- Circadian organization of the endocrine system -- Transposable elements for insect transformation -- Chitin metabolism in insects -- Cuticular proteins -- Insect cytochrome -- Insect G protein-coupled receptors: recent discoveries and implications -- Insect transformation for use in control -- Insect growth- and development- disrupting insecticides.
