Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 62, the latest release in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
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Table of Contents
1. Chitin in insect cuticleSubbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Yasuyuki Arakane, Mi Young Noh, Seulgi Mun, Hans Merzendorfer, Christina Boehringer, Benedikt Wellmeyer, Qing Yang, Mingbo Qu, and Lin Liu
2. Cuticular sclerotization in insects A critical review
Manickam Sugumaran
3. Hardening and tanning of insect ootheca, egg cases, egg sac, chorion, and silk
Kaliappanadar Nellaiappan and Manickam Sugumaran
4. Insect multicopper oxidase-2: Molecular properties, roles in cuticle formation, and impacts on evolutionary success of insects
Tsunaki Asano
5. Diversity of melanin synthesis genes in insects
Ryo Futahashi, Shigeyuki Koshikawa, Genta Okude, and Mizuko Osanai-Futahashi
