Objective: To gain a better understanding of current research in insect physiology and biochemistry

Requirements:

    1. Choose a research paper from the list below

    2. When finished reading the paper, write a 2 page review. The review will need to cover:

        a. current knowledge of the subject

        b. research hypothesis or objective

        c. results of the research and conclusions made by the author

        d. personal anecdotes and comments relative to our class

    3. The review will be:

        a. 2 pages, no more, no less

        b. double spaced with 1 inch margins and no heading other than your name & title of the article

        c. 12 font, preferably Times or Arial

Assessment:

    An acceptable paper will be counted as a passing grade. For this, you will receive a 5% increase in your overall class grade. Papers that are deemed unacceptable will be returned where you will have an opportunity to resubmit after the corrections are made. Each student has the possibility to submit 2 reviews covering 2 separate research papers.

Possible Papers:

Prostaglandins and other eicosanoids in insects: Biological significance

David Stanley

Respiratory and cuticular water loss in insects with continuous gas exchange: Comparison across five ant species 
Pablo E. Schilman, John R.B. Lighton and David A. Holway

Phenoloxidase in larvae of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): Molecular cloning of the proenzyme cDNA and enzyme activity in larvae paralyzed and parasitized by Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Kris L. Hartzer, Kun Yan Zhu, James E. Baker

Eicosanoids mediate the laminarin-induced nodulation response in larvae of the flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata (p 32-41)
Vanessa Franssens, Gert Simonet, Annelies Bronckaers, Ilse Claeys, Arnold De Loof, Jozef Vanden Broeck
 

(1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene from the male sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) induces neurophysiological responses and attracts both males and females 
C.N. Spiegel, P. Jeanbourquin, P.M. Guerin, A.M. Hooper, S. Claude, R. Tabacchi, S. Sano and K. Mori
 

Nutrient absorption by Aphidius ervi larvae 
S. Caccia, M.G. Leonardi, M. Casartelli, A. Grimaldi, M. de Eguileor, F. Pennacchio and B. Giordana
 

Endocrine changes in maturing primary queens of Zootermopsis angusticollis 
Colin S. Brent, Coby Schal and Edward L. Vargo

Larval nutrition affects lipid storage and growth, but not protein or carbohydrate storage in newly eclosed adults of the grasshopper Schistocerca americana 
Daniel A. Hahn
 

Differences in egg thermotolerance between tropical and temperate populations of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acridiidae) 
Xian-Hui Wang and Le Kang
 

Toll and toll-like receptors in Drosophila

H. Bilak, S. Tauszig-Delamasure, & J. I. Imler

Protein secretion in cockroach salivary glands requires an increase in intracellular cAMP and Ca²⁺ concentrations 
K. Rietdorf, W. Blenau and B. Walz
 

Evolutionary relationships, but functional differences, between the Drosophila and human Toll-like receptor families.

M. Gangloff, A.N.R. Weber, R.J. Gibbard and N.J. Gay

In vivo role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the regulation of the vitellogenin mRNA and egg development in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) 
Deborah M. Thompson, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Laura A. Jeffers, Usha Ananthapadmanaban, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert D. Mitchell, Christopher J. Osgood, Charles S. Apperson and R. Michael Roe

Relationship between an increase of juvenile hormone titer in early instars and the induction of diapause in fully grown larvae of Sesamia nonagrioides 
Matilde Eizaguirre, Christa Schafellner, Carmen LÛpez and Frantis˘ek Sehnal

Seasonal changes in glycerol content and cold hardiness in two ecotypes of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis, exposed to the environment in the Shonai district, Japan 

Shinichi Ishiguro, Yiping Li, Kazuto Nakano, Hisaaki Tsumuki and Michiyo Goto
 

Proteomics of the flesh fly brain reveals an abundance of upregulated heat shock proteins during pupal diapause 

A.Q. Li, A. Popova-Butler, D.H. Dean and D.L. Denlinger
 

Beetle diuretic peptides: The response of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Malpighian tubules to synthetic peptides, and cross-reactivity studies with a dung beetle (Onthophagus gazella) 

W.D. Holtzhausen and S.W. Nicolson
 

Evidence for two-step regulation of pheromone biosynthesis by the pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide in the moth Heliothis virescens
H. Eltahlawy, J.S. Buckner, S.P. Foster
 

Female sex pheromone suppression and the fate of sex-peptide-like peptides in mated moths of Helicoverpa armigera
V.K. Nagalakshmi, S.W. Applebaum, A. Azrielli, A. Rafaeli