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Phyllotaxis and Symmetry in Angiosperms
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Symmetry and the causes of shifts in different types of symmetries in flowers follow specific patterns that are ruled by developmental and genetic factors.
Using a unified system of phyllotaxic equations, we have modeled the molecular mechanisms and pressure forces that act in inflorescence and floral meristems, giving flowers their organ arrangement.
In this book, we state general physical principles, whereby the symmetry of the perianth is derived from the symmetry of certain TCP gene expression. Thus, we define the interplay between the expression of CYC2-like genes and the phyllotactic mechanisms.
This new evo-devo approach is applied to major groups of angiosperms with predominantly actinomorphic flowers (in which rare zygomorphy is positional) and groups with mainly bilaterally symmetrical flowers (in which zygomorphy is constitutional). It has thus allowed us to revisit the contributions of the great floral morphologists of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Concepts of Phyllotaxis and the Genetics of Floral Symmetry
- Chapter 2. Spirals Are Symmetrical Figures
- Chapter 3. Symmetry in Ranunculales
- Chapter 4. Symmetry in Lamiales
- Chapter 5. Constitutional versus Positional Monosymmetry
- Chapter 6. Symmetry in Fabales
- Chapter 7. Symmetry in Monocots
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
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