03697nam a22005295i 4500 978-3-319-40740-1 DE-He213 20210617222918.0 cr nn 008mamaa 160912s2016 gw | s |||| 0|eng d 9783319407401 978-3-319-40740-1 10.1007/978-3-319-40740-1 doi QL461-599.82 PSVT7 bicssc SCI025000 bisacsh 595.7 23 Extracellular Composite Matrices in Arthropods [electronic resource] / edited by Ephraim Cohen, Bernard Moussian. 1st ed. 2016. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016. XIII, 712 p. 122 illus., 83 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Emphasis is placed on the elaborate cuticular matrices in insects and crustaceans, spider and insect silks, sialomes of phytophagous and blood-feeding arthropods as well as on secretions of male and female accessory glands. Focus is placed largely on insects, due to the extensive body of published research that in part is the result of available whole genome sequences of several model species (in particular Drosophila melanogaster) and accessible ESTs for other species. Such advances have facilitated fundamental insights into genomic, proteomic and molecular biology-based physiology. This new volume contains comprehensive contributions on extracellular composite matrices in arthropods. The building blocks of such matrices are formed in and secreted by single layered epithelial cells into exterior domains where their final assembly takes place. Additionally, the unique mechanical properties of natural biocomposites like chitin/chitosan, the crustacean mineralized exoskeleton, the pliant protein resilin or insect and spider silks, have inspired basic and applied research that yield sophistical biomimetics and structural biocomposite hybrids important for future industrial and biomedical use. In summary, this book provides an invaluable vast source of basic and applied information for a plethora of scientists as well as textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Entomology. Molecular ecology. Cell biology. Developmental biology. Animal anatomy. Entomology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L25090 Molecular Ecology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19090 Cell Biology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L16008 Developmental Biology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L18000 Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L25015 Cohen, Ephraim. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Moussian, Bernard. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783319407388 Printed edition: 9783319407395 Printed edition: 9783319821696 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40740-1 ZDB-2-SBL ZDB-2-SXB Biomedical and Life Sciences (SpringerNature-11642) Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0) (SpringerNature-43708)