Asymmetry in Plants: Biology of Handedness Contributor(s): Bahadur, Bir (Editor), Krishnamurthy, K. V. (Editor), Ghose, Monoranjan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 113858794X ISBN-13: 9781138587946 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecology - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
Dewey: 571.2 |
LCCN: 2018052826 |
Physical Information: 387 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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Publisher Description: Plants exhibit forms of asymmetry analogous to handedness in bilaterally symmetrical animals. This book explores the evolutionary significance and development of asymmetry. Examples of genetic control include the direction of tendril or stem coiling of many climbing plants; the so-called spiral phyllotaxy and floral taxy; and contorted petal arrangement is another kind of left- right symmetry in plants; the direction of contortion is fixed in some but not in other plants. The book will underscore tha all phenomena related to handedness start during embryogenesis itself, with the occurrence of embryo rotation. Key selling features:
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