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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant diversity.

Plants--Evolution.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-90834-3

9786610908349

0-85199-069-X

OCLC:

437183008