Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction
The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants, Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction brings together compelling work from the three areas of significant innovation in plant biology: evolution and adaptation in flowers and pollination, mating patterns and gender strategies, and asexual reproduction and polyploidy. Spencer C. H. Barrett assembles here a distinguished group of authors who address evolutionary transitions using comparative...
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The first volume to address the study of evolutionary transitions in plants, Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction brings together compelling work from the three areas of significant innovation in plant biology: evolution and adaptation in flowers and pollination, mating patterns and gender strategies, and asexual reproduction and polyploidy. Spencer C. H. Barrett assembles here a distinguished group of authors who address evolutionary transitions using comparative and phylogenetic approaches, the tools of genomics, population genetics, and theoretical modeling, and through studies in development and field experiments in ecology. With special focus on evolutionary transitions and shifts in reproductive characters—key elements of biological diversification and research in evolutionary biology—Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction is the most up-to-date treatment of a fast-moving area of evolutionary biology and ecology.
INTRODUCTIONMajor Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction: An Overview Spencer C. H. Barrett FLOWERS AND POLLINATION Evolutionary Transitions in Floral Color Mark D. Rausher Explaining Evolutionary Shifts between Bee and Hummingbird Pollination: Convergence, Divergence, and Directionality James D. Thomson and Paul Wilson The Influence of Canopy Position, Pollinator Syndrome, and Region on Evolutionary Transitions in Pollinator Guild SizeR. D. Sargent and J. C. Vamosi A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of Wind Pollination in the Angiosperms Jannice Friedman and Spencer C. H. Barrett Function and Evolution of Aggregated Pollen in Angiosperms Lawrence D. Harder and Steven D. Johnson Origin of the Fittest and Survival of the Fittest: Relating Female Gametophyte Development to Endosperm Genetics William E. Friedman, Eric N. Madrid, and Joseph H. Williams MATING PATTERNS AND GENDER STRATEGIES Loss of Self-Incompatibility and Its Evolutionary Consequences Boris Igic, Russell Lande, and Joshua R. Kohn Genomic Consequences of Outcrossing and Selfing in Plants Stephen I. Wright, Rob W. Ness, John Paul Foxe, and Spencer C. H. Barrett On the Evolution of Self-Fertilization in a MetapopulationDaniel J. Schoen and Jeremiah W. Busch Gender Variation and Transitions betweenSexual Systems in Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae) John R. Pannell, Marcel E. Dorken, Benoit Pujol, and Regina Berjano A Phylogenetic Study of Evolutionary Transitions in Sexual Systems in Australasian Wurmbea (Colchicaceae) Andrea L. Case, Sean W. Graham, Terry D. Macfarlane, and Spencer C. H. Barrett ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND POLYPLOIDY The Evolutionary Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction: Evidence from the Ecological Distribution of Asexual Reproduction in Clonal Plants Jonathan Silvertown The Dynamic Nature of Apomixis in the Angiosperms Jeannette Whitton, Christopher J. Sears, Eric J. Baack, and Sarah P. Otto Cryptic Sex within Male-Sterile Polyploid Populations of the Easter Daisy, Townsendia hookeri Stacey Lee Thompson, Gina Choe, Kermit Ritland, and Jeannette Whitton Mating Consequences of Polyploid Evolution in Flowering Plants: Current Trends and Insights from Synthetic Polyploids Brian C. Husband, Barbara Ozimec, Sara L. Martin, and Lisa Pollock Index
