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Title

Molecular plant development : from gene to plant / by Peter Westhoff [and others] ; with illustrations by Melanie Waigand-Brauner ; translated by Ellen Peerenboom and Ewen Cartwright.

Publication

Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Westhoff, Peter.

Description

xi, 272 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

Integrating classical concepts with insights from recent advances, this unique textbook is designed for undergraduate and graduate students studying the molecular development and genetics of plants.

Uniform Title

Molekulare Entwicklungsbiologie. English.

Subject

• Plants > Development
• Plant molecular genetics
• Plant physiology
• Plant Physiological Phenomena
• Plant physiology
• Plant molecular genetics
• Plants > Development
• Planten
• Ontwikkelingsbiologie
• Moleculaire biologie
• Plantes > Génétique moléculaire
• Physiologie végétale
• Génétique végétale
• Plantes > Développement
• Biologie moléculaire végétale

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. A brief introduction to this textbook / P. Westhoff -- 2. What is development? / G. Link -- 3. The genetic analysis of developmental processes -- methodology / G. Jurgens -- 4. The genetic material of plant cells is compartmentalized: structure and expression of the subgenomes / P. Westhoff -- 5. Light, phytohounones and the biological clock as inducers and modulators of development / P. Westhoff and K. Kloppstech -- 6. Phases during the life cycle of the flowering plant / G. Jurgens -- 7. Pathogens and symbionts as growth modulators / H. Jeske.

ISBN

• 0198502044
• 9780198502043
• 0198502036
• 9780198502036

LCCN

99163559

OCLC

• ocm39821759
• 39821759
• SCSB-739747

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library