Biology of Ticks Volume 1

Biology of Ticks, 2nd Edition; Volume 1: Structure, Systematics, Physiology, and Molecular Biology; Chapter 1. Overview: Ticks, People and Animals; Daniel E. Sonenshine and R. Michael Roe; Chapter 2. Modern Tick Systematics; Lance A. Durden and Lorenza Beati; Chapter 3. Life Cycles and Natural History of Ticks; Dmitry A. Apanaskevich and James H. Oliver, Jr.; Chapter 4. External and Internal Anatomy; Daniel E. Sonenshine and R. Michael Roe; Chapter 5. Integument and Ecdysis; W. Reuben Kaufman; Chapter 6. Mouthparts and Digestive System: Anatomy and Molecular biology of Feeding and Digestion; Daniel E. Sonenshine and Jennifer M. Anderson; Chapter 7. Salivary Glands: Structure, Physiology and Molecular Biology; Francisco J. Alarcon-Chaidez; Chapter 8. Excretion and Water Balance: Hindgut, Malpighian Tubules and Coxal Glands; Daniel E. Sonenshine; Chapter 9. Heme Processing and the Evolution of Hematophagy; Ben J. Mans; Chapter 10. Respiratory System: Structure and Function; Laura J. Fielden and Francis D. Duncan; Chapter 11. Circulatory System and Hemolymph: Structure, Physiology and Molecular Biology; Libor Grubhoffer, Natalia Rudenko, Marie Vancova, Maryna Golovchenko and Jan Sterba; Chapter 12. Fat Body and Nephrocytes: Structure and Function; Lewis B. Coons; Chapter 13. Nervous and Sensory Systems: Structure, Function, genomics and proteomics Ladislav Simo, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Yeonsoong Park and Dusan Zitnan; Chapter 14. Molecular Biology and Physiology of Chemical Communication; Albert Mulenga; Chapter 15. Heme-binding, lipoglyco-storage proteins; Sayed M. S. Khalil, Kevin V. Donohue , R. Michael Roe and Daniel E. Sonenshine; Chapter 16. Hormonal Regulation of Development, Metamorphosis and Reproduction; R. Michael Roe, Kevin V. Donohue, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Brooke W. Bissinger, Jiwei Zhu and Daniel E. Sonenshine; Chapter 17. Female Reproductive System: Anatomy, Physiology and Molecular Biology; Mari H. Ogihara and DeMar Taylor; Chapter

Dr. Daniel E. Sonenshine is an eminent professor (emeritus) of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia USA. Dr. R. Michael Roe is the William Neal Reynold Distinguished Professor of Entomology at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina USA.