Plant development and evolution. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ueli Grossniklaus.
• Editors: Grossniklaus, Ueli
• Contents: 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 developmental innovation4.1. Of rhizoids and root hairs; 4.2. The shoot apical meristem; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Three: The role of plant root systems in evolutionary adaptation; 1. Introduction; 2. Roots, root systems, and root biotic colonization; 2.1. What is a root?; 2.2. Lateral and adventitious roots; 2.3. Tap roots, fibrous roots, and root system architecture; 2.4. Rhizomes and rhizoids; 2.5. Mycorrhizae and Rhizobia; 3. From first roots to angiosperm root diversity; 3.1. Devonian rooting structures 3.2. Paraphyletic origin of true roots3.3. The oldest root meristem; 3.4. Angiosperm root system plasticity; 3.4.1. Monocots; 3.4.2. Dicots; 4. Geochemical consequences of root evolution; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Four: Patterning at the shoot apical meristem and phyllotaxis; 1. Introduction; 2. Development of the shoot apical meristem; 2.1. A brief overview of the organization and genetic regulation of shoot apical meristem activity; 2.2. Hormonal regulation of stem cell activity; 2.3. Feedback from differentiated cells 3. A few words on the history of phyllotaxis research: The development of the inhibitory field concept4. Phyllotaxis and chemical signals; 4.1. Coordinated polar auxin transport: Tissue level auxin distribution allowing for self-organizing organ initiation; 4.2. Auxin signaling: Downstream regulation of auxin distribution; 4.3. Regulation of auxin biosynthesis: Upstream regulation of auxin distribution; 4.4. Cytokinin: A secondary inhibitory field acting on the plastochrone; 5. Mechanical signals: How does physics affect phyllotaxis?; 6. The SAM geometry: Phyllotaxis diversity; 7. Conclusions
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, MA : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 571.8/2; Plants -- Development; Plants -- Evolution; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128098059; 0128098058
• Related ISBNs: 9780128098042; 012809804X
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed January 10, 2019).
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