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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450742603321

Autore

Henry Robert J

Titolo

Plant diversity and evolution [[electronic resource] ] : genotypic and phenotypic variation in higher plants / / edited by Robert J. Henry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-280-90834-3

9786610908349

0-85199-069-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

581.7

Soggetti

Plant diversity

Plants - Evolution

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Plant Diversity and Evolution Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation in Higher Plants; Contents; Contributors; 1. Importance of plant diversity; 2. Relationships between the families of flowering plants; 3. Diversity and evolution of gymnosperms; 4. Chloroplast genomes of plants; 5. The mitochondrial genome of higher plants: a target for natural adaptation; 6. Reticulate evolution in higher plants; 7. Polyploidy and evolution in plants; 8. Crucifer evolution in the post-genomic era; 9. Genetic variation in plant populations: assessing cause and pattern; 10. Evolution of the flower

11. Diversity in plant cell walls12. Diversity in secondary metabolism in plants; 13 Ecological importance of species diversity; 14. Genomic diversity in nature and domestication; 15. Conserving genetic diversity in plants of environmental, social or economic importance; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An understanding of plant diversity at both the genome and phenome level is important for both biodiversity conservation and plant breeding. Recent advances in genomics have also resulted in a growth of the subject of plant functional genomics.