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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Sources for figures | |
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An introduction to flowering plants | |
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Alternation of generations | |
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Gametophyte development | |
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Development of the sporophyte | |
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Further reading | |
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Characteristics of plant development | |
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Plant cells | |
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Larger patterns | |
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Theoretical framework for the study of developmental mechanisms | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Cell-intrinsic information | |
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Lineage | |
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Laser ablation of cells in the Arabidopsis root tip | |
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Green-white-green periclinal chimeras | |
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Mutations affecting division patterns | |
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Relationship between age and position | |
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Mutations affecting the rate of leaf initiation in Arabidopsis | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Primary axis development | |
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Embryonic axes | |
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Longitudinal axis of the Fucus embryo | |
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Longitudinal axis of the Arabidopsis embryo | |
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Radial axis of the Arabidopsis embryo | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Axis development in the leaf and flower | |
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Leaves | |
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Adaxial-abaxial axis of the leaf | |
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Proximodistal axis of the leaf | |
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Determinate nature of leaf development | |
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Flowers | |
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Radial axis of the flower | |
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Adaxial-abaxial axis of the Antirrhinum flower | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Position relative to a particular cell, tissue or organ | |
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The pattern of trichomes on the Arabidopsis leaf | |
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The pattern of root hairs in Arabidopsis | |
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Phyllotaxy | |
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Coordination of leaf and vascular development | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Light | |
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Light perception | |
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Developmental responses to light | |
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Light-induced germination | |
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Seedling etiolation and photomorphogenesis | |
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Shade escape | |
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Phototropism | |
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Photoperiodic control of flowering | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Environmental information other than light | |
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Gravitropism | |
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Thigmomorphogenesis | |
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Effects of uneven nutrient supply on root development | |
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Vernalization | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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The coordination of development | |
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Initiation and maintenance of the shoot apical meristem | |
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Transition from embryonic to post-embryonic development | |
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Phase transitions in post-germination development | |
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Shoot branching | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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A comparison of plant and animal development | |
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Control of cell fate | |
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Development of pattern | |
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Consequences of autotrophy versus heterotrophy | |
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Conclusions | |
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Further reading | |
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Index | |