Microspores Evolution and Ontogeny

Evolution and Ontogeny

S. Blackmore, R. B. Knox

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780121034580
• eBook ISBN: 9781483288178
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

An understanding of the processes of plant reproduction is increasingly important in the exploitation of plant resources. Microspore formation is a major event in the life cycles of land plants, allowing the transition from diploid sporophyte generation to the haploid gametophyte generation, and varies greatly between taxa in the diversity of processes involved. Despite the wealth of information available, there are very few sources which bring together the results of research work on the reproduction in all the major plant groups.**Microspores fills this gap by reviewing microsporogenesis from a systematic and evolutionary perspective in groups ranging from algae to angiosperms. Special chapters focus on structure, function, cell and molecular processes, and potential biotechnological applications of plant spores and pollen. The result is an up-to-date guide to the applications of modern techniques in the classic area of botany.**This work bridges several disciplines to provide a coherent and authoritative account which will be essential reading for research scientists and lecturers in botany, evolution, ultrastructure, reproductive and developmental biology, and palynology.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Microspores: Evolution and Ontogeny
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Chapter 1. Microsporogenesis: the male programme of development
• Chapter 2. The phylogenetic context of microsporogenesis
• Chapter 3. Meiospore formation in charophycean algae
• Chapter 4. Sporogenesis in bryophytes
• Chapter 5. Pteridophyte sporogenesis: a survey of spore wall ontogeny and fine structure in a polyphyletic plant group
• Chapter 6. Microsporogenesis in fossil plants
• Chapter 7. Microsporogenesis in cycads and Ginkgo
• Chapter 8. Exine ontogeny in conifers
• Chapter 9. Pollen wall development in angiosperms
• Chapter 10. Exine biochemistry
• Chapter 11. Tapetum and microspore function
• Chapter 12. Germination and pollen tube formation
• Chapter 13. Gene expression in the angiosperm male gametophyte
• Chapter 14. Sperm cell structure, development and organization
• Chapter 15. Pollen development: applications in biotechnology
• REFERENCES
• Index