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Commencing with a chapter which places Physcomitrella into phylogenetic position, this important publication then covers the following major topics. Population genetics, genome, transcripts and metabolomics, gene targeting, hormones, small RNAs, tip growth, chloroplasts, sporophyte development, desiccation and oxidative stress, sugar metabolism, and pathogenesis. With chapters contributed by many of the World's leading workers in the area, this landmark book is essential reading for all those studying plant evolutionary biology, genomics, molecular and cell biology and genetics.

Contributors
Preface
Glossary
Putting Physcomitrella patens on the Tree of Life: The Evolution and Ecology of Mosses
Introduction to Physcomitrella
The position of P. patens on the tree of life
Relationships within the mosses
Evolution and ecology of the mosses
General implications for evolutionary processes in mosses
The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Bryophyte Model Systems
Introduction
Genetic variation among bryophyte populations
Mapping genes underlying natural variants
Assigning genes to phenotypes
Comparative Genomics
Introduction
A short history of P. patens genomics
Features of the P. patens nuclear genome
Comparisons with seed plants and algae
Computational resources for P. patens
Conclusions and outlook
Gene Targeting
Introduction
Gene targeting in eukaryotes
Gene targeting in P. patens: practical aspects
Targeted gene replacement versus targeted insertion
Mechanisms of gene targeting
Unanswered questions and future prospects
The Small RNAs of Physcomitrella patens: Expression, Function and Evolution
Introduction to small RNAs
Classes of small silencing RNAs
Expression of P. patens small RNAs
Biogenesis of P. patens small RNAs: Dicers, Slicers and other utensils
Targets of P. patens small RNAs
Evolution of plant miRNAs
Conclusions
Tip Growth in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Introduction
Morphology and structure of a tip cell
Environmental signals affecting polar cell elongation
Cellular structural components involved in polar cell elongation
Gametangia Development in the Moss Physcomitrella patens
Introduction
Development of the gametangia
Development of the gametangia after fertilization is accompanied by growth of the sporophyte
Gene-trap lines with GUS expression in the gametangia
Future prospects
Chloroplasts
Chloroplasts of Physcomitrella patens
Plastid DNA
Transcription of plastid genes by two plastid RNA polymerases PEP and NEP
Rhythmic expression of the plastid PSBD gene
Post-transcriptional regulation in plastids
Plastid transformation
Chloroplast import
Plastid division
Chloroplast movement
Carbon and Energy Metabolism
Introduction
Carbon and energy allocation
Sucrose metabolism and transport
Hexose metabolism and transport
Energy homeostasis and Snf1-related kinases
Conclusions
Technical note on database searches and tree construction
Hormonal Regulation of Development by Auxin and Cytokinin in Moss
Major plant hormone routes are established in bryophytes
Auxin
Cytokinin
Auxin and cytokinin interaction
Other growth regulating substances
The Role of Abscisic Acid in Stress Tolerance
Introduction
Tolerance of P. patens to abiotic stresses and the effects of ABA
Physiological and morphological changes during the establishment of tolerance
Expression of stress-related genes
Global responses to stress at the transcription level
The ABA-signalling pathway
Conclusions
Pathogenesis in Mosses
Introduction
Recent advances in molecular plant pathology
Experimental advantages of P. patens
Developing a P. patens pathosystem
Responses of P. patens to infection
Selecting P. patens genes for functional studies of disease
Future directions and opportunities
Index
Color plates
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