Comprehensive Insect Physiology Biochemistry Pharmacology Volume 1 Author:Author Unknown Overall, Volume 1 reflects the realisation that reproductive mechanisms are of fundamental importance in understanding the success of insects as organisms, together with the fact that some insects have provided model systems with which to study important fundamental reproductive processes such as spermatogenesis, mitosis and meiosis. This volum... more »e therefore deals with the structure and function of the basic machinery of reproduction: gonads, ducts, gametes, fertilization and early development and sets out what is known (and also what is not known) about these processes. Because of the enormous growth in the recent literature on insect reproduction, each chapter serves as an introduction for a newcomer in the respective research field by providing a complete list of references.« less