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Autore |
Henry Robert J |
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Titolo |
Plant diversity and evolution : genotypic and phenotypic variation in higher plants / / edited by Robert J. Henry |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-90834-3 |
9786610908349 |
0-85199-069-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (340 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Plant diversity |
Plants - Evolution |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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