Previous edition: 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I INTRODUCTION -- 1.The evolution of flowers -- 1.1.The origin of flowering plants -- 1.2.Seed plant reproductive structures -- 1.3.The first flowers -- 1.4.Floral diversification -- 1.5.Morphological diversity of the flower -- 1.6.An introduction to angiosperm phylogeny -- 2.Historical interpretations of flower induction and flower development -- 2.1.The foliar theory of the flower -- 2.2.The foliar theory in an evolutionary context -- 2.3.The transition to flowering -- 2.4.Developmental explanations of floral induction -- 2.5.Environmental explanations of floral induction -- 2.6.The florigen problem -- SECTION II THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF FLOWERING: INDUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT -- pt. A Induction of Flowering -- 3.Flower induction in Arabidopsis thaliana -- 3.1.Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system for the study of flowering -- 3.2.Mechanisms of gene silencing -- 3.3.Flowering-time mutants -- Contents note continued: 4.The autonomous pathways for floral inhibition and induction -- 4.1.The floral inhibition pathway -- 4.2.The autonomous induction pathway -- 4.3.Other endogenous factors that influence flowering time -- 5.The photoperiodic pathway of floral induction -- 5.1.Sensing daylight -- 5.2.Measuring time -- 5.3.Integrating light and clock signals -- 6.The vernalization pathway of floral induction and the role of gibberellin -- 6.1.The vernalization promotion pathway -- 6.2.The gibberellin promotion pathway -- 6.3.Does gibberellin act in the vernalization promotion pathway as well as independently? -- 7.Integrating the Arabidopsis thaliana flower induction pathways -- 7.1.Integrating the flowering-time pathways -- 7.2.Function of flowering-time integrators -- 8.Flower induction beyond Arabidopsis thaliana -- 8.1.The Arabidopsis flower induction model in other species -- 8.2.Flower induction in rice: a model short day plant -- Contents note continued: 8.3.Flower induction in wheat and barley: a novel vernalization pathway -- 8.4.Flower induction in perennials -- 8.5.Flower induction in legumes -- 8.6.Flower induction in other species -- pt. B Development of Flowers -- 9.Changes at the shoot apical meristem in response to floral induction -- 9.1.Physiological changes at the shoot apical meristem -- 9.2.Shoot apical meristem anatomy -- 9.3.Gene expression patterns in the shoot apical meristem -- 9.4.Floral meristem identity genes act downstream of the flowering-time integrators -- 9.5.Floral meristem identity genes -- 10.Development of the floral organs -- 10.1.The original ABC model of flower development -- 10.2.The role of D function genes -- 10.3.The role of E function genes -- 10.4.The role of cadastral genes -- 10.5.The quartet model of organ identity -- 11.The ABC model and the diversity of plant reproductive structures -- 11.1.Evolutionary history of MADS box transcription factors -- Contents note continued: 11.2.ABC genes in gymnosperms -- 11.3.ABC genes in early diverging angiosperms -- 11.4.ABC genes in monocots -- 11.5.ABC genes in the basal eudicots -- 11.6.Variations on the ABC model -- 11.7.Is A function unique to the Brassicaceae? -- 12.Function and development of gametophytes -- 12.1.Alternation of generations in multicellular organisms -- 12.2.Diversity of gametophyte form -- 12.3.The angiosperm female gametophyte -- 12.4.The angiosperm male gametophyte -- 12.5.Events following pollination -- 13.Outcrossing and self-fertilization -- 13.1.Reducing self-pollination in a hermaphroditic flower -- 13.2.Monoecy -- 13.3.Dioecy -- 13.4.Self-incompatibility (SI) -- 13.5.Sporophytic self-incompatibility (SSI) -- 13.6.Gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) -- 13.7.Heteromorphic self-incompatibility -- 13.8.Ensuring self-pollination -- SECTION III POLLINATION SUCCESS: MOLECULAR AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS -- pt. A How and Why Does Floral Form Vary? -- Contents note continued: 14.Why are flowers different? Pollination syndromes: the theory] -- 14.1.Cross-pollination -- 14.2.Abiotic pollen vectors -- 14.3.Biotic pollen vectors -- 14.4.Principles underlying the pollination syndrome concept -- 14.5.The pollination syndromes -- 15.Diverse floral shape and structure -- 15.1.Controlling corolla size -- 15.2.Controlling corolla symmetry -- 15.3.Controlling petal shape -- 15.4.Generating a nectar spur -- 15.5.Generating a composite inflorescence -- 16.Colouring the flower -- 16.1.Colour as a signal -- 16.2.Plant pigments -- 16.3.Carotenoid synthesis -- 16.4.Flavonoid synthesis -- 16.5.Betalains -- 17.Enhancing flower colour -- 17.1.Mixing pigments -- 17.2.Co-pigmentation -- 17.3.Regulation of pigment distribution -- 17.4.The effects of metal ions -- 17.5.The importance of pH -- 17.6.The role of petal cell shape -- 17.7.Structural colour and structural enhancement of colour -- 18.Lability of floral form -- Contents note continued: 18.1.Lability of floral size -- 18.2.Lability of floral symmetry -- 18.3.Lability of nectar spur length -- 18.4.Lability of flower colour -- 18.5.Lability of epidermal morphology -- 18.6.Lability of floral scent -- pt. B The Influence of Pollinators on Floral Form -- 19.Are flowers under selective pressure to increase pollinator attention? -- 19.1.Competition for pollinator attention -- 19.2.Facilitation of pollination -- 19.3.Techniques for investigating the role of pollinator attention in limiting fitness -- 19.4.Evidence based on fruit and seed set following hand pollination -- 19.5.Evidence from mixed species plots -- 19.6.Analysis of character traits potentially displaced by pollination competition -- 20.Do pollinators discriminate between different floral forms? -- 20.1.What pollinators see -- 20.2.What pollinators sense in other ways -- 20.3.Discrimination between petals of different colours -- Contents note continued: 20.4.Discrimination between corollas of different sizes -- 20.5.Discrimination between zygomorphic and actinomorphic flowers -- 20.6.Discrimination between flowers with different petal cell shapes -- 20.7.Discrimination between flowers on the basis of scent -- 21.Pollination syndromes: the evidence -- 21.1.Historical context -- 21.2.Putting the assumptions together -- 21.3.Evidence for pollination syndromes -- 21.4.Evidence against pollination syndromes -- 21.5.The most effective pollinator?.
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