Conifer Reproductive Biology

This compendium on conifer reproductive biology is intended as a text supplement for plant biology courses. Such a volume seems timely because knowledge of model flowering plants is expanding so fast that each new plant biology text has less written on conifers than the last. Conifer Reproductive Bi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Claire G. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Temas:
Plant genetics.
Forestry.
Botany.
Evolution (Biology).
Ecology .
Plant Genetics.
Plant Science.
Evolutionary Biology.
Terrestial Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conifer Reproductive Biology Overview
  • Introducing Conifers
  • The Diplohaplontic Life Cycle
  • Consequences of Heterospory
  • Separate Female and Male Meioses
  • The Female Gametophyte Inside the Ovule
  • The Male Gametophyte Enclosed in a Pollen Wall
  • Pollination and Fertilization
  • Syngamy, Embryo Development and Seed Dispersal
  • Mating System Dynamics: Form Versus Chance
  • The Dynamic Wind-Pollinated Mating System
  • The Embryo Lethal System.

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