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Helen Ougham has a B.A. in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She has carried out research in plant science for over 25 years at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research and Aberystwyth University, and she teaches regularly on graduate courses in genetics and genomics at the University of Birmingham and in crop science at the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Zaragoza.
Howard Thomas studied at Aberystwyth University and is a DSc in the University of Wales. He was head of cell and molecular biology research and member of the management board at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research. He has held visiting professorships at the Universities of California, Bern and Zurich and is currently Emeritus Professor of Biology at Aberystwyth University.
Susan Waaland earned a B.A. in Biology at Earlham College in Indiana and a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of California at Berkeley. She was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington and continued there as a faculty member in Botany and Biology. She spent a year in the Botany Department at the University of California at Davis through the NSF Visiting Professorships for Women Program. She is now an Emeritus Lecturer in Biology at the University of Washington.
Part I Origins
Chapter 1 Plant Life: A Primer
Chapter 2 Molecules, Metabolism and Energy
Chapter 3: Genome Organization and Expression
Chapter 4: Cell Architecture
Part II Germination
Chapter 5 Membrane Transport and Intracellular Protein Trafficking
Chapter 6 Seed to Seedling: Germination and Mobilization of Seed Reserves
Chapter 7 Metabolism of Reserves: Respiration and Gluconeogenesis
Part III Emergence
Chapter 8 Light Perception and Transduction
Chapter 9 Photosynthesis and Photorespiration
Part IV Growth
Chapter 10 Hormones and Other Signals
Chapter 11 The Cell Cycle and Meristems
Chapter 12 Growth and Development
Chapter 13 Mineral Nutrient Acquisition and Assimilation
Part V Maturation
Chapter 14 Intercellular and Long Distance Transport
Chapter 15 Environmental Interactions
Part VI Renewal
Chapter 16 Flowering and Sexual Reproduction
Chapter 17 Development and Dormancy of Resting Structures
Chapter 18 Senescence, Ripening and Cell Death
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