Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction

By: Spencer C. H. Barrett (Editor)

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Paperback | 28 November 2008 | Edition Number 1

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The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants, Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction brings together compelling work from the three areas of significant innovation in plant biology: evolution and adaptation in flowers and pollination, mating patterns and gender strategies, and asexual reproduction and polyploidy. Spencer C. H. Barrett assembles here a distinguished group of authors who address evolutionary transitions using comparative and phylogenetic approaches, the tools of genomics, population genetics, and theoretical modeling, and through studies in development and field experiments in ecology. With special focus on evolutionary transitions and shifts in reproductive characters--key elements of biological diversification and research in evolutionary biology--Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction is the most up-to-date treatment of a fast-moving area of evolutionary biology and ecology.

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Botany & Plant Sciences Plant Reproduction & Propagation Life Sciences in General Evolution Plant Ecology Developmental Biology Science in General

Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction: An Overview	p. 1
Flowers and Pollination
Evolutionary Transitions in Floral Color	p. 7
Explaining Evolutionary Shifts between Bee and Hummingbird Pollination: Convergence, Divergence, and Directionality	p. 23
The Influence of Canopy Position, Pollinator Syndrome, and Region on Evolutionary Transitions in Pollinator Guild Size	p. 39
A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of Wind Pollination in the Angiosperms	p. 49
Function and Evolution of Aggregated Pollen in Angiosperms	p. 59
Origin of the Fittest and Survival of the Fittest: Relating Female Gametophyte Development to Endosperm Genetics	p. 79
Mating Patterns and Gender Strategies
Loss of Self-Incompatibility and Its Evolutionary Consequences	p. 93
Genomic Consequences of Outcrossing and Selfing in Plants	p. 105
On the Evolution of Self-Fertilization in a Metapopulation	p. 119
Gender Variation and Transitions between Sexual Systems in Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae)	p. 129
A Phylogenetic Study of Evolutionary Transitions in Sexual Systems in Australasian Wurmbea (Colchicaceae)	p. 141
Asexual Reproduction and Polyploidy
The Evolutionary Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction: Evidence from the Ecological Distribution of Asexual Reproduction in Clonal Plants	p. 157
The Dynamic Nature of Apomixis in the Angiosperms	p. 169
Cryptic Sex within Male-Sterile Polyploid Populations of the Easter Daisy, Townsendia hookeri	p. 183
Mating Consequences of Polyploid Evolution in Flowering Plants: Current Trends and Insights from Synthetic Polyploids	p. 195
Index	p. 207
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