02709nam0 2200325 450 00003031220120424140309.0978-0-19-850065-020120424d2002----km-y0itaa50------baengUS<<The>> evolution of plantsK. J. Willis, J. C. McElwainNew YorkOxford University Press2002X, 378 p.ill.25 cm.Examines the evolution of plants from the earliest forms of life. This book incorporates many studies on the morphological evolution of plants, enlivens the subject with research on ancient DNA and other bimolecular markers, and places plant evolution in the context of climate change and mass extinction. It also includes special biome maps.A major new undergraduate textbook on plant evoution This is a broad but provocative examination of the evolution of plants from the earliest forms of life to the development of our present flora. Taking a fresh, modern approach to a subject often treated very stuffily, the book incorporates many recent studies on the morphological evolution of plants, enlivens the subject with current research on ancient DNA and other biomolecular markers, and places plant evolution in the context of climate change and mass extinction. It is written to be accessible to undergraduates, so, for example, geological time is discussed in terms of 'millions of years ago' as well as by the names of the ages, and English equivalents of plant names are prefered, e.g. seed plants (instead of gymnosperms), flowering plants (instead of angiosperms). * Links up the trends/patterns seen in the fossil flora from the earliest green algae through to the present day. * Covers the whole geological timescale, but focuses the chapters on periods when major evolutionary changes occurred. * Special Biome Maps indicate the general trends in changing global plant distribution through time.PianteEvoluzioneGenetica vegetale581.38(22. ed.)Evoluzione delle pianteWillis,K. J.070445710McElwain,J. C.445711ITUniversità della Basilicata - B.I.A.RICAunimarc000030312Evolution of plants93457UNIBASLCR0120120124BAS011049TTM3020120424BAS011403BAS01BAS01BOOKBASA2Polo Tecnico-ScientificoDIDDidatticaPTS.s2.p52.23A110385T1103852012022204Prestabile DidatticaBAS01BAS01BOOKBASA2Polo Tecnico-ScientificoDIDDidatticaPTS.s2.p52.23B110384T1103842012022204Prestabile Didattica