Plant development and evolution

by Grossniklaus, Ueli

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Full title :Plant development and evolution / edited by Ueli Grossniklaus.

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Publication Date:©2019

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Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, MA
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780128098059, 0128098058
oclc:on1081173639
LC Classification:QK731
Dewey Decimal:571.8/2

Front Cover; Plant Development and Evolution; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Evolution of the plant body plan; 1. The significance of land plants; 2. Understanding evolution of the plant body plan; 3. Phylogenetic relationships of land plants and evolution of the land plant body plan; 4. Developmental patterns predating the origin of land plants; 5. Developmental innovations of land plants; 5.1. Alternation of haploid (gametophyte) and diploid (sporophyte) generations; 5.2. Evolution of three-dimensional growth in the haploid and diploid phases

5.3. Origin of spores, sporangia, and sporopollenin in land plants5.4. Origin of unbranched sporophyte forms; 5.5. Evolution of bifurcating axes; 5.6. Evolution of indeterminacy; 5.7. Evolution of meristems; 5.8. Origin of leaves; 5.9. Evolution of rooting systems; 5.10. Roots; 6. Conclusions and perspectives; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: Evolution and co-option of developmental regulatory networks in early land plants; 1. The algal origin of land plants; 2. Early land plants; 2.1. Cryptospores and cryptophytes; 2.2. Macrofossil record; 3. The ancestral land plant

4. Co-option and novelty in developm…

Subjects

Biological Evolution Évolution Évolution (Biologie) Evolution (Biology) plant development Plantes -- Développement Plantes -- Évolution Plants -- Development Plants -- Evolution SCIENCE -- Life Sciences