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

• Autore: Henry Robert J
• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.7
• Soggetto topico: Plant diversity; Plants - Evolution
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Plant diversity and evolution
• ISBN: 1-280-90834-3; 9786610908349; 0-85199-069-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450742603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II