Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution

by Cronk; Quentin C.B.

• ISBN13: 9780415257916
• ISBN10: 0415257913
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-04-18
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

A benchmark text, Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution integrates the recent revolution in the molecular-developmental genetics of plants with mainstream evolutionary thought. It reflects the increasing cooperation between strongly genomics-influenced researchers, with their strong grasp of technology, and evolutionary morphogenetists and systematists who are more deeply rooted in comparative biology and patterns of plant evolution.The book discusses our increasing understanding of gene function and expression, along with modern phylogenies. It integrates morphological and molecular data to highlight specific key transitions in plant evolution that warrant additional intensive study. Furthermore, it explores increasing knowledge of the physical expression of plant development from disciplines such as anatomy and paleobotany. Rather than focus on the technical aspects of plant genomics, this book provides genuinely integrated explanations of plant evolution.The distinguished panel of contributors has succeeded in capturing a demanding subject in an accessible volume for a wide range of professional botanists and students in developmental biology, applied molecular biology, molecular evolution, morphogenesis, organismal botany, and theoretical systematics.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	viii
Preface	xii
Q. C. B. Cronk
R. M. Bateman
J. A. Hawkins
Perspectives and paradigms in plant evo-devo	1	(14)
Q. C. B. Cronk
Impact of transposons on plant genomes	15	(17)
V. Walbot
Evolutionary developmental biology: impact on systematic theory and practice, and the contribution of systematics	32	(20)
J. A. Hawkins
Transference of function, heterotopy and the evolution of plant development	52	(18)
D. A. Baum
M. J. Donoghue
Are macroevolution and microevolution qualitatively different? Evidence from Poaceae and other families	70	(15)
E. A. Kellogg
The Mostly Male theory of flower origins: summary and update regarding the Jurassic pteridosperm Pteroma	85	(24)
M.W. Frohlich
Generating and filtering major phenotypic novelties: neoGoldschmidtian saltation revisited	109	(51)
R. M. Bateman
W. A. Dimichele
Evolution of adaptive petal cell morphology	160	(13)
B. J. Glover
C. Martin
How the land plants learned their floral ABCs: the role of MADS-box genes in the evolutionary origin of flowers	173	(33)
G. Theißen
A. Becker
K. U. Winter
T. Munster
C. Kirchner
H. Saedler
Orchid flowers: evolution and molecular development	206	(14)
B. Johansen
S. Frederiksen
Involvement of non-ABC MADS-box genes in determining stamen and carpel identity in Gerbera bybrida (Asteraceae)	220	(13)
T. H. Teeri
V. A. Albert
P. Elomaa
J. Hamalainen
M. Kotilainen
E. Pollanen
A. Uimari
Making rays in the Asteraceae: genetics and evolution of radiate versus discoid flower heads	233	(14)
A. C. M. Gillies
P. Cubas
E. S. Coen
R. J. Abbott
Role of TCP genes in the evolution of morphological characters in angiosperms	247	(20)
P. Cubas
Floral diversity and evolution in the Solanaceae	267	(31)
S. Knapp
Integrating phylogeny, developmental morphology and genetics: a case study of inflorescence evolution in the `bristle grass' clade (Panicoideae: Poaceae)	298	(17)
A. N. Doust
E. A. Kellogg
Identification of genes involved in evolutionary diversification of leaf morphology	315	(15)
T. McLellan H. L Shephard
C. Ainsworth
Evolution of vascular plant body plans: a phylogenetic perspective	330	(35)
H. Schineider
K. M. Pryer
R. Cranfill
A. R. Smith
P. C. Wolf
The telome theory	365	(23)
P. Kenrick
A developmental perspective on the evolution of leaves	388	(7)
J. A. Langdale
R. W. Scotland
S. B. Corley
An overview of seed plant leaf evolution	395	(9)
C. J. Harrison
Q. C. B. Cronk
A. Hudson
Comparative developmental and molecular genetic aspects of leaf dissection	404	(14)
S. Gleissberg
Developmental signals regulating leaf form	418	(13)
M. Tsiantis
A. Hay
N. Ori
H. Kaur
I. Henderson
J. Holtan
S. McCormick
S. Hake
Evolutionary history of the monocot leaf	431	(28)
P. J. Rudall
M. Buzgo
Diatoms: the evolution of morphogenetic complexity in single-celled plants	459	(34)
E. J. Cox
Identifying the genetic causes of phenotypic evolution: a review of experimental strategies	493	(15)
D. A. Baum
Appendix 1: Glossary	508	(8)
Appendix 2: Genetic nomenclature	516	(2)
Copyright acknowledgements	518	(2)
Taxon index	520	(10)
Subject index	530	(10)
Systematics Association Publications	540