Plant genome [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity and evolution . Volume 1, Part E Phanerogams - Angiosperm / / editors, A.K. Sharma and A. Sharma

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818087103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Enfield, NH, : Science Publishers, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-94849-7; 9786611948498; 1-57808-621-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SharmaArchana <1932-2008.>; SharmaArun Kumar <1923->
• Soggetti: Plant diversity; Plant genomes; Plants - Evolution
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface to the Series ""Plant Genome""""; ""Preface to this Volume""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Repetitive DNA and Plant Evolution""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Linum usitatissimum""; ""Vicia faba""; ""Helianthus annuus""; ""Festuca arundinacea""; ""Dasypyrum villosum""; ""OTHER PLANT SPECIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References ""; ""2. Evolution and Phylogenetic Relationship of the Rice Genome""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FEATURES OF THE RICE GENOME""; ""Centromeres and Telomeres""; ""Organelle Genome Insertions""; ""Gene Density""; ""Duplications""; ""Comparison of Rice Genomes""""THE IMPACT OF DUPLICATION ON EVOLUTION OF THE RICE GENOME""; ""ROLE OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION""; ""EVOLUTION OF GENE FAMILIES""; ""COMPARISON OF RICE WITH CEREAL GENOMES""; ""COMPARISON OF MODEL PLANT GENOMES - RICE VERSUS ARABIDOPSIS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References ""; ""3. Genome Organization and Evolution in Genus Quercus (Fagaceae): Special Attention to Two European White Oaks Quercus petraea (Matt.) ; Liebl. and Q. robur L.""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SYSTEMATICS, PHYLOGENY AND HISTORY OF THE GENUS QUERCUS""""ECOLOGY OF OAKS""; ""INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION I N OAKS: AN EXAMPLE OF EUROPEAN WHITE OAKS Q. PETRAEA AND Q. ROBUR""; ""KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION IN FAMILY FAGACEAE (AND IN GENUS QUERCUS IN PARTICULAR):CHROMOSOME NUMBER, KARYOTYPIC FEATURES AND GENOME SIZE""; ""MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF THE OAK GENOMES""; ""GENOME/KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION AND SPECIATION IN QUERCUS ""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References ""; ""4. Biodiversity and Evolution of Castanea""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CASTANEA SPECIES""; ""References """"5. Cytogenetic and Molecular Evidences on the Evolutionary Relationships Among Arachis Species""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SPECIES RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN ARACHIS SECTION""; ""GENETIC ORIGIN OF A. HYPOGAEA""; ""Single vs. Multiple Origin""; ""Wild Progenitors""; ""Is A. monticola the Wild Tetraploid Ancestor of A. hypogaea?""; ""ORIGIN OF X=9 BASIC CHROMOSOME NUMBER""; ""ORIGIN OF POLYPLOIDS IN RHIZOMATOSAE SECTION""; ""ORIGIN OF THE TRIPLOID CYTOTYPE OF A. PINTO1 (SECTION CAULORRHIZAE)""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References ""; ""6. Biodiversity, Genetic Enhancement and Molecular Approaches in Lentil""""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION IN LENTIL""; ""VARIABILITY IN KEY TRAITS""; ""MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN GENETIC ENHANCEMENT""; ""a. Resistance to Biotic Factors""; ""b. Improving Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses""; ""c. Construction of Plant Type Suitable for Machine Harvest""; ""d. Genetic Base of Lentil in South Asia has been Widened""; ""e. Varietal Development""; ""f. Development of Iron and Zinc-rich Lentil Varieties""; ""GENOME EVOLUTION IN LENTILS""; ""MOLECULAR APPROACHES USED FOR LENTIL ""