Ebook: Evolution and Diversification of Land Plants
- Tags: Plant Sciences
- Year: 1997
- Publisher: Springer Japan
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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It is agreed by most scientists that there is a real possibility of mankind's being plunged into crisis around the middle of the twenty-first century because of insufficient crop production to support the explosively increasing world popula tion and because of serious pollution of the global environment. Plants should play the major role in alleviating this crisis. Consequently, plant science will become of crucial importance in the next century. The application of plant science to crop improvement and the pro duction of plants resistant to environmental pollution will be achieved through complete understanding of the basic functions of plants. Fun damental understanding of individual species and the evolution of plants is also important. The Botanical Society of Japan, which was established in 1882, decided to publish a series of special issues of the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo (now the Journal of Plant Research). The aim of this series was to present overviews of recent advances in various fields of plant sciences. As a result, The Botanical Society of Japan published Controlling Factors in Plant Development in 1978, Regulation of Photosynthetic Processes in 1991, and Cellular and Molecular Bio logy in Plant Cell Cultures in 1993. The contributions to these high-quality special issues were written by leading international scientists in each field, and these publications had a great impact worldwide.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages II-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Charting Diversity in Early Land Plants: Some Challenges for the Next Millennium....Pages 3-26
Morphological Diversity and Evolution of Vegetative Organs in Pteridophytes....Pages 27-43
RNA Editing in Land Plants....Pages 45-60
Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Some Conifer Families: Role and Significance of Permineralized Cone Records....Pages 61-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Evolutionary Biology of Flowers: Prospects for the Next Century....Pages 99-119
Fossil History of Magnoliid Angiosperms....Pages 121-156
Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among Angiosperms: An Overview Based on rbcL and 18S rDNA Sequences....Pages 157-178
Evolution of MADS Gene Family in Plants....Pages 179-197
Palynological Approaches to the Origin and Early Diversification of Angiosperms....Pages 199-208
Chromosomal Evolution of Angiosperms....Pages 209-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Mating Systems and Evolution in Flowering Plants....Pages 223-248
Plant Speciation on Oceanic Islands....Pages 249-267
Relations of Environmental Change to Angiosperm Evolution During the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary....Pages 269-290
Modes and Mechanisms of Speciation in Pteridophytes....Pages 291-307
Speciation and Morphological Evolution in Rheophytes....Pages 309-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-330
Content:
Front Matter....Pages II-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Charting Diversity in Early Land Plants: Some Challenges for the Next Millennium....Pages 3-26
Morphological Diversity and Evolution of Vegetative Organs in Pteridophytes....Pages 27-43
RNA Editing in Land Plants....Pages 45-60
Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Some Conifer Families: Role and Significance of Permineralized Cone Records....Pages 61-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Evolutionary Biology of Flowers: Prospects for the Next Century....Pages 99-119
Fossil History of Magnoliid Angiosperms....Pages 121-156
Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among Angiosperms: An Overview Based on rbcL and 18S rDNA Sequences....Pages 157-178
Evolution of MADS Gene Family in Plants....Pages 179-197
Palynological Approaches to the Origin and Early Diversification of Angiosperms....Pages 199-208
Chromosomal Evolution of Angiosperms....Pages 209-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Mating Systems and Evolution in Flowering Plants....Pages 223-248
Plant Speciation on Oceanic Islands....Pages 249-267
Relations of Environmental Change to Angiosperm Evolution During the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary....Pages 269-290
Modes and Mechanisms of Speciation in Pteridophytes....Pages 291-307
Speciation and Morphological Evolution in Rheophytes....Pages 309-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-330
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