Mounting evidence highlights the role of adipose tissue in the development of a systemic
inflammatory state that contributes to obesity-associated vasculopathy and cardiovascular …

Adipose tissue (AT) lies at the crossroad of nutrition, metabolism, and immunity; AT
inflammation was proposed as a central mechanism connecting obesity with its metabolic …

Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the
biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for …

Many animals are inhabited by microbial symbionts that influence their hosts' development,
physiology, ecological interactions, and evolutionary diversification. However, firm evidence …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

Abstract Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is an ecologically
and economically relevant edible marine bivalve, highly invasive and resilient to biotic and …

The primary reason animals, including insect herbivores, eat is to acquire a mix of nutrients
needed to fuel the processes of growth, development, and reproduction. Most insect …

▪ Abstract Evolutionary ecology seeks to understand the selective reasons for the design
features of the immune defense, especially with respect to parasitism. The molecular …

The approximate 30 extant invertebrate phyla have diversified along separate evolutionary
trajectories for hundreds of millions of years. Although recent work understandably has …

Melanosomes are organelles that produce and store melanin, a widespread biological
pigment with a unique suite of properties including high refractive index, semiconducting …