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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
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Mîcrospores
Evolution and Ontogeny
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S Blackmore Natural History London, UK
Museum,
R B Knox School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Microspores. 1. Plants. Pollen grains & spores I. Blackmore, Stephen II. Knox, R.B. 581.16 ISBN 0-12-103458-5
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Contributors
S.H. Barnes The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK S. Blackmore The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK R.C. Brown Department of Biology, Southwestern Louisiana University, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA A. Chaboud Reconnaissance Cellulaire et Amélioration des Plantes, Université Lyon 1— LA INRA 23 879, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France P.R. Crane Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA M. Cresti Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, University of Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy C. Dumas Reconnaissance Cellulaire et Amélioration des Plantes, Université Lyon 1— LA INRA 23 879, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France D.E. Evans School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Contributors
L.E. Graham Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA R.B. Knox School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia M.H. Kurmann Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK B.E. Lemmon Department of Biology, Southwestern Louisiana University, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA B. Lugardon Laboratoire de Biologie Végétale, Université Paul Sabatier, 39 Allées J. Guesde, 31400 Toulouse, France J. Mascarenhas Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA E. Matthys-Rochon Reconnaissance Cellulaire et Amélioration des Plantes, Université Lyon 1— LA INRA 23 879, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Vi