Mutation, Developmental Selection, and Plant Evolution / Edward J. Klekowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klekowski, Edward J., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the significance of apical meristem anatomy and development in influencing both the retention and distribution of mutations in plants.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

1. Introduction to the Problem

2. Uncertainty in Heredity

3. Components of Genomic Organization and Stasis

4. Unstratified Plant Meristems - General Properties

5. Stratified Meristems - General Properties

6. Other Meristems

7. Phenotypic Responses to Mutation and Environmental Mutagens

8. Mutation Buffering

9. Soft Selection and Life Cycles

10. Genetic Load

11. Significance of Mutation

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88686-1

OCLC:

1100429478