Overview
The first-ever book on microinsects
Shares new insights into the structural changes that accompany extreme diminution in insects, evolutionary advances that help insects to live in the microworld, and factors that limit the size of animals
Provides information on the potential benefits of the study of microinsects for solving biotechnological and fundamental scientific problems
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Book Title: At the Size Limit - Effects of Miniaturization in Insects
Authors: Alexey A. Polilov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39499-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39497-8Published: 03 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81900-6Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39499-2Published: 20 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 325
Number of Illustrations: 96 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal Physiology, Invertebrates, Animal Ecology