
handle: 10261/157056
[EN] Metamorphosis is the process by which the young individual radically changes its form as it becomes an adult. But how does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly? Metamorphosis is a crucial innovation in the history of insects, and this book provides a detailed description of how scientists have managed to reconstruct the origin and evolution of this process. It starts with an account of the earliest observations in the Renaissance, the developments in the early 19th century, culminating in the 20th century with the discovery that metamorphosis is regulated by hormones, and ends with the latest research beginning to reveal the mechanisms by which these hormones act.
[ES] La metamorfosis es el proceso por el que el individuo juvenil cambia radicalmente de forma para transformarse en adulto. Pero ¿cómo se transforma una oruga en mariposa? Partiendo de las observaciones iniciadas en el Renacimiento, desarrolladas a partir del siglo XIX y culminadas en el XX, cuando se determina que la metamorfosis está regulada por hormonas, hasta llegar a las investigaciones actuales, que están empezando a desvelar mecanismos de acción de esas hormonas, esta obra ofrece una detallada descripción de cómo los científicos han podido reconstruir el origen y la evolución de este proceso, una innovación crucial en la historia de los insectos.
Introducción.- Las ideas sobre la metamorfosis a través de los tiempos.- Los diferentes modos de metamorfosis.- La muda y la regulación endocrina.- Mecanismos moleculares de acción hormonal.- El origen y la evolución de la metamorfosis.- Aún queda mucho por hacer.- Bibliografía.- Glosario.
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