Sensing in Nature

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Thermosensorsy Stems in Eubacteria

   • Wolfgang Schumann

   Pages 1-16

3. Molecular Plant Volatile Communication

   • Jarmo K. Holopainen, James D. Blande

   Pages 17-31

4. Primary Processes in Sensory Cells: Current Advances

   • Stephan Frings

   Pages 32-58

5. Chemical Communication in Insects: The Peripheral Odour Coding System of Drosophila Melanogaster

   • Narelle E. Tunstall, Coral G. Warr

   Pages 59-77

6. Eusocial Evolution and the Recognition Systems in Social Insects

   • Michelle O. Krasnec, Michael D. Breed

   Pages 78-92

7. Odor and Pheromone Sensing Via Chemoreceptors

   • Minghong Ma

   Pages 93-106

8. Identifying Self- and Nonself-Generated Signals: Lessons from Electrosensory Systems

   • Angel Ariel Caputi, Javier Nogueira

   Pages 107-125

9. Magnetoreception

   • Roswitha Wiltschko, Wolfgang Wiltschko

   Pages 126-141

10. The Molecular Basis of Mechanosensory Transduction

    • Kara L. Marshall, Ellen A. Lumpkin

    Pages 142-155

11. The Evolution of Vertebrate Color Vision

    • Gerald H. Jacobs

    Pages 156-172

12. Transforming the Vestibular System One Molecule at a Time: The Molecular and Developmental Basis of Vertebrate Auditory Evolution

    • Jeremy S. Duncan, Bernd Fritzsch

    Pages 173-186

13. Neurobiology of Sociability

    • Heather K. Caldwell

    Pages 187-205

14. Changing Senses: Chemosensory Signaling and Primate Evolution

    • Emily R. Liman

    Pages 206-217

15. Molecules and Mating: Positive Selection and Reproductive Behaviour in Primates

    • Leslie A. Knapp, Simeon H. S. Innocent

    Pages 218-236

16. Immune Systems Evolution

    • Ramón M. Rodríguez, Antonio López-Vázquez, Carlos López-Larrea

    Pages 237-251

17. Involvement of Sirtuins in Life-Span and Aging Related Diseases

    • Ulrich Mahlknecht, Barbara Zschoernig

    Pages 252-261

18. Molecular Diversity of Dscam and Self-Recognition

    • Lei Shi, Tzumin Lee

    Pages 262-275

19. The Neural Basis of Semantic and Episodic Forms of Self-Knowledge: Insights from Functional Neuroimaging

    • Arnaud D’Argembeau, Eric Salmon

    Pages 276-290

20. Hallmarks of Consciousness

    • Ann B. Butler

    Pages 291-309

Biological systems are an emerging discipline that may provide integrative tools by assembling the hierarchy of interactions among genes, proteins and molecular networks involved in sensory systems. The aim of this volume is to provide a picture, as complete as possible, of the current state of knowledge of sensory systems in nature. The presentation in this book lies at the intersection of evolutionary biology, cell and molecular biology, physiology and genetics. Sensing in Nature is written by a distinguished panel of specialists and is intended to be read by biologists, students, scientific investigators and the medical community.

• Cell Biology
• Cell Genetics
• Cell Physiology
• Evolutionary Biology
• López-Larrea
• Molecular Biology
• Sensory Systems

• Department of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

  Carlos López-Larrea

Carlos Lopez‑Larrea is Professor of Immunology (Oviedo, Spain) and currently Head of the Department of Immunology at the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (Oviedo, Spain). He is a world expert on spondyloarthropathies (SpA), in particular MHC and genetic factors that influence the development of the disease. The main research interests of his group also currently include the study of epigenetic mechanisms involved in autoimmune diseases and the role of innate immunity in organ transplantation tolerance. He is a member of several international scientific organizations and board member of several scientific journals. He has published more than 150 international papers and book chapters related to immunology and spondylaorthropathies.