Borror and Delong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th edition, C.A. Triplehorn and N.F. Johnson: book review
- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/451655 , vital:75067 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC32631
- Description: This book is explicitly a teaching text, and has to be evaluated in those terms. There are essentially two extremes to structuring biological curricula: a taxonomic or phylogenetic approach that is interested in the organisms themselves, and a functional approach that uses the organisms as models to illustrate general biological principles.
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- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/451655 , vital:75067 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC32631
- Description: This book is explicitly a teaching text, and has to be evaluated in those terms. There are essentially two extremes to structuring biological curricula: a taxonomic or phylogenetic approach that is interested in the organisms themselves, and a functional approach that uses the organisms as models to illustrate general biological principles.
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Influence of grazing by large mammals on the spider community of a Kenyan savanna biome
- Warui, Charles M, Villet, Martin H, Young, T P, Jocqué, R
- Authors: Warui, Charles M , Villet, Martin H , Young, T P , Jocqué, R
- Date: 2005
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6889 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011649 , http://0-www.bioone.org.wam.seals.ac.za/doi/10.1636/CT05-43.1
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- Authors: Warui, Charles M , Villet, Martin H , Young, T P , Jocqué, R
- Date: 2005
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6889 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011649 , http://0-www.bioone.org.wam.seals.ac.za/doi/10.1636/CT05-43.1
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Sperm morphology in four species of African platypleurine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)
- Chawanji, A S, Hodgson, Alan N, Villet, Martin H
- Authors: Chawanji, A S , Hodgson, Alan N , Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2005
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6917 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011880
- Description: Mature spermatozoa from four species of platypleurine cicadas (Albanycada albigera, Azanicada zuluensis, Platypleura capensis and P. hirtipennis) were examined by light and electron microscopy. The filiform sperm have a similar ultrastructure in all species but notable variations were found in sperm dimensions. All species produce more than one discrete length of nucleated, motile sperm, a form of polymorphism termed polymegaly. Polymegaly is expressed in two ways: sperm have bi- or trimodal head and tail lengths. The anterior parts of sperm heads are embedded in an elongate homogenous matrix forming a spermatodesm. The conical acrosome is deeply invaginated posteriorly, and sits on top of the nucleus. The acrosomal contents are differentiated internally with an electron-lucent central medulla and a denser cortex. The homogenously electron-dense nucleus is pointed anteriorly and is generally cylindrical, although posteriorly there is a lateral invagination that extends part-way along the nucleus. This invagination houses fine granular material of the centriolar adjunct. Vesicle-like elements that are associated with both the posterior nucleus and the centriolar adjunct are also found within the invagination. Immediately posterior of and adjoining the centriolar adjunct is a pair of mitochondrial derivatives that are elongated and extend for almost the entire length of the tail. The absence of accessory bodies in cicada sperm suggests that within the Cicadomorpha, the families Cicadidae and Cercopidae are closely affiliated.
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- Authors: Chawanji, A S , Hodgson, Alan N , Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2005
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6917 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011880
- Description: Mature spermatozoa from four species of platypleurine cicadas (Albanycada albigera, Azanicada zuluensis, Platypleura capensis and P. hirtipennis) were examined by light and electron microscopy. The filiform sperm have a similar ultrastructure in all species but notable variations were found in sperm dimensions. All species produce more than one discrete length of nucleated, motile sperm, a form of polymorphism termed polymegaly. Polymegaly is expressed in two ways: sperm have bi- or trimodal head and tail lengths. The anterior parts of sperm heads are embedded in an elongate homogenous matrix forming a spermatodesm. The conical acrosome is deeply invaginated posteriorly, and sits on top of the nucleus. The acrosomal contents are differentiated internally with an electron-lucent central medulla and a denser cortex. The homogenously electron-dense nucleus is pointed anteriorly and is generally cylindrical, although posteriorly there is a lateral invagination that extends part-way along the nucleus. This invagination houses fine granular material of the centriolar adjunct. Vesicle-like elements that are associated with both the posterior nucleus and the centriolar adjunct are also found within the invagination. Immediately posterior of and adjoining the centriolar adjunct is a pair of mitochondrial derivatives that are elongated and extend for almost the entire length of the tail. The absence of accessory bodies in cicada sperm suggests that within the Cicadomorpha, the families Cicadidae and Cercopidae are closely affiliated.
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The Insects: An Outline of Entomology (3rd edition), P. Gullan and P. Cranston: book review
- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/451777 , vital:75076 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC32612
- Description: The field of entomology is constantly developing, often at a rap-id pace, which means that publications date fairly quickly. A review in Nature of the first edition of this textbook stated, 'Students wanting a single book to give them the whole picture need look no further'.
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- Authors: Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/451777 , vital:75076 , https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC32612
- Description: The field of entomology is constantly developing, often at a rap-id pace, which means that publications date fairly quickly. A review in Nature of the first edition of this textbook stated, 'Students wanting a single book to give them the whole picture need look no further'.
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