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Alice in the Land of Plants Biology of Plants and Their Importance for Planet Earth /

Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend itself? Why are plants asymmetric and not of a fixed size? Why are some plants virtually immortal? Why is cloning a routine matter in the plant kingdom? What is the mechanism that allows plants to exploit a p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manetas, Yiannis (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Plants are no less complex than animals - they are just different
  • Basic plant organisation- how it differs from that of animals
  • Why trees are almost immortal and other related issues
  • Short evolutionary history of plants
  • Sex in non‐motile organisms
  • The world through the eyes of plants
  • The defence of a stationary organism
  • Symbiosis galore
  • Deviations from the basic biological type
  • A final word on plant intelligence
  • Epilogue: Tribute to Darwin.