Table of Contents
Preface, viii
Introduction, IX
Sources for Figures, xi
Chapter 1: An introduction to flowering plants, 1
Alternation of generations, 1
Gametophyte development, 1
Development of the sporophyte, 3
Further reading, 18
Chapter 2: Characteristics of plant development, 19
Plant cells, 19
Larger patterns, 24
Theoretical framework for the study of developmental mechanisms, 26
Conclusions, 27
Further reading, 27
Chapter 3: Cell-intrinsic information, 29
Lineage, 29
Case study 3.1: Laser ablation of cells in the Arabidopsis root tip, 34
Case study 3.2: Green–white–green periclinal chimeras, 36
Case study 3.3: Mutations affecting division patterns, 39
Relationship between age and position, 43
Case study 3.4: Mutations affecting the rate of leaf initiation in Arabidopsis, 44
Conclusions, 46
Further reading, 46
Chapter 4: Primary axis development, 48
Embryonic axes, 48
Case study 4.1: Longitudinal axis of the Fucus embryo, 49
Case study 4.2: Longitudinal axis of the Arabidopsis embryo, 54
Case study 4.3: Radial axis of the Arabidopsis embryo, 64
Conclusions, 71
Further reading, 71
Chapter 5: Axis development in the leaf and flower, 74
Leaves, 74
Case study 5.1: Adaxial–abaxial axis of the leaf, 75
Case study 5.2: Proximodistal axis of the leaf, 84
Case study 5.3: Determinate nature of leaf development, 87
Flowers, 91
Case study 5.4: Radial axis of the flower, 92
Case study 5.5: Adaxial–abaxial axis of the Antirrhinum flower, 100
Conclusions, 104
Further reading, 105
Chapter 6: Position relative to a particular cell, tissue or organ, 110
Case study 6.1: The pattern of trichomes on the Arabidopsis leaf, 111
Case study 6.2: The pattern of root hairs in Arabidopsis, 116
Case study 6.3: Phyllotaxy, 123
Case study 6.4: Coordination of leaf and vascular development, 131
Conclusions, 134
Further reading, 134
Chapter 7: Light, 138
Light perception, 138
Developmental responses to light, 143
Case study 7.1: Light-induced germination, 143
Case study 7.2: Seedling etiolation and photomorphogenesis, 146
Case study 7.3: Shade escape, 151
Case study 7.4: Phototropism, 154
Case study 7.5: Photoperiodic control of flowering, 156
Conclusions, 161
Further reading, 161
Chapter 8: Environmental information other than light, 165
Case study 8.1: Gravitropism, 165
Case study 8.2: Thigmomorphogenesis, 172
Case study 8.3: Effects of uneven nutrient supply on root development, 177
Case study 8.4: Vernalization, 180
Conclusions, 186
Further reading, 186
Chapter 9: The coordination of development, 190
Case study 9.1: Initiation and maintenance of the shoot apical meristem, 191
Case study 9.2: Transition from embryonic to post-embryonic development, 200
Case study 9.3: Phase transitions in post-germination development, 203
Case study 9.4: Shoot branching, 213
Conclusions, 219
Further reading, 220
Chapter 10: A comparison of plant and animal development, 224
Control of cell fate, 225
Development of pattern, 226
Consequences of autotrophy versus heterotrophy, 229
Conclusions, 230
Further reading, 230
Index, 233
