Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction

Name: Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction
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ISBN: 9780226038162

ISBN-10: 0226038165

ISBN-13: 9780226038162

Edition: 2008

Authors: Spencer C. H. Barrett

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The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants,Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproductionbrings together compelling work from the three areas of significant innovation in plant biology: evolution and adaptation in flowers and pollination, mating patterns and gender strategies, and asexual reproduction and polyploidy. Spencer C. H. Barrett assembles here a distinguished group of authors who address evolutionary transitions using comparative and phylogenetic approaches, the tools of genomics, population genetics, and theoretical modeling, and through studies in development and field experiments in ecology. With special focus on evolutionary…

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List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 0.86" wide x 1.09" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction: An Overview



Flowers and Pollination


Evolutionary Transitions in Floral Color



Explaining Evolutionary Shifts between Bee and Hummingbird Pollination: Convergence, Divergence, and Directionality



The Influence of Canopy Position, Pollinator Syndrome, and Region on Evolutionary Transitions in Pollinator Guild Size



A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of Wind Pollination in the Angiosperms



Function and Evolution of Aggregated Pollen in Angiosperms



Origin of the Fittest and Survival of the Fittest: Relating Female Gametophyte Development to Endosperm Genetics



Mating Patterns and Gender Strategies


Loss of Self-Incompatibility and Its Evolutionary Consequences



Genomic Consequences of Outcrossing and Selfing in Plants



On the Evolution of Self-Fertilization in a Metapopulation



Gender Variation and Transitions between Sexual Systems in Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae)



A Phylogenetic Study of Evolutionary Transitions in Sexual Systems in Australasian Wurmbea (Colchicaceae)



Asexual Reproduction and Polyploidy


The Evolutionary Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction: Evidence from the Ecological Distribution of Asexual Reproduction in Clonal Plants



The Dynamic Nature of Apomixis in the Angiosperms



Cryptic Sex within Male-Sterile Polyploid Populations of the Easter Daisy, Townsendia hookeri



Mating Consequences of Polyploid Evolution in Flowering Plants: Current Trends and Insights from Synthetic Polyploids



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