The evolution of plant form [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Barbara A. Ambrose, Michael Purugganan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830836803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken [N.J.], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-25385-X; 1-118-30588-4; 1-299-15826-9; 1-118-25388-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Collana: Annual Plant Reviews; Annual plant reviews ; ; v. 45
• Altri autori (Persone): AmbroseBarbara A; PuruggananMichael D
• Disciplina: 571.3/2; 571.32; 581.38
• Soggetti: Plants - Evolution; Plant morphology
• 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: Phylogenetic analyses and morphological innovations in land plants / James A. Doyle -- The evolution of body form in bryophytes / Bernard Goffinet and William R. Buck -- The morphology and development of lycophytes / Barbara A. Ambrose -- Evolutionary morphology of ferns (monilophytes) / Harald Schneider -- Gymnosperms / Dennis Wm. Stevenson -- Identifying key features in the origin and early diversification of angiosperms / Paula J. Rudall -- Genomics, adaptation and the evolution of plant form / Kristen Shepard -- Comparative evolutionary genomics of land plants / Amy J. Litt -- Development and the evolution of plant form / Barbara A. Ambrose and Cristina Ferrándiz -- Development in the wild: phenotypic plasticity / Kathleen Donohue -- The evolution of plant form: a summary perspective / Michael D. Purugganan.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Evolution of Plant Form, an exciting volume in Wiley-Blackwell's ; Annual plant Reviews, approaches the subject from a diversity of scientific perspectives, bringing together studies of genomics, palaeobotany, developmental genetics and ecological genetics. Written by many of the World's most widely recognised and respected researchers and drawn together and edited by Professors Barbara Ambrose and Michael Purugganan, this exciting volume is an essential purchase for plant scientists, evolutionary biologists, geneticists, taxonomists, ecologists and population biologists. For librarie