Molecular embryology of flowering plants /

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Author / Creator:Raghavan, V. (Valayamghat), 1931-
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Description:xxi, 690 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2784784
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ISBN:052155246X (hardcover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-668) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • List of DNA clones, genes, protein products and mutants
  • 1. Reproductive biology of angiosperms - retrospects and prospect
  • Part I. Gametogenesis
  • 2. Anther developmental biology
  • 3. Pollen development and maturation
  • 4. Gene expression during pollen development
  • 5. Pollen abortion and male sterility
  • 6. Megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis
  • Part II. Pollination and Fertilization
  • 7. Stigma, style and pollen-pistil interactions
  • 8. Invitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth
  • 9. Developmental biology of incompatibility
  • 10. Molecular biology of self-incompatibility
  • 11. Fertilization - the beginning of sporophytic growth
  • Part III. Zygotic Embryogenesis
  • 12. Developmental biology of the endosperm
  • 13. Embryogenesis and physiology of growth of embryos
  • 14. Genetic and molecular aspects of embryogenesis
  • 15. Storage protein synthesis in developing embryos
  • Part IV. Adventive Embryogenesis
  • 16. Somatic embryogenesis
  • 17. Embryonic development of pollen grains
  • 18. Genetic transformation of embryos
  • References
  • Index