Developmental Genetics of the Flower: Advances in Botanical Research

Current major interests in this area include the study of higher level phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in the angiosperms, floral evolution, the genetic basis of key floral differences in basal angiosperms, the genetic and genomic consequences of polyploid speciation, conservation genetics of rare plant species, and phylogeography. Developmental Genetics of the Flower provides a series of papers focused on the developmental genetics of flowering as well as the genetic control of the timing of flowering. Investigation of speciational mechanisms, evolutionary relationships, and character evolution in flowering plants and land plants utilizing a variety of experimental approaches are discussed. The chapters are excellent reviews of the current fast-moving area of research.

Provides a brief review of genes known to regulate flower developmentArticles emphasize the classic ABC model of flower development

1. Angiosperm floral evolution: morphological developmental framework
Peter K. Endress

2. Recent developments regarding the evolutionary origin of flowers
Michael W. Frohlich

3. Duplication, Diversification and Comparative Genetics of Angiosperm MADS Box Genes
Vivian F. Irish

4. Beyond the ABC Model: Regulation of Floral Homeotic Genes
Laura M. Zahn, Baomin Feng and Hong Ma

5. Missing links: DNA-binding and target gene specificity of floral homeotic proteins
Rainer Melzer, Kerstin Kaufmann and Günter Theißen

6. Genetics of floral development in Petunia
Anneke Rijpkema, Tom Gerats and Michiel Vandenbussche

7. Flower development: The Antirrhinum perspective
Brendan Davies, Maria Cartolano and Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer

8. Floral developmental genetics of Gerbera (Asteraceae)
Teemu H. Teeri, Mika Kotilainen, Anne Uimari, Satu Ruokolainen, Yan Peng Ng, Ursula Malm, Eija Pöllänen, Suvi Broholm, Roosa Laitinen, Paula Elomaa and Victor A. Albert

9. Gene duplication and floral developmental genetics of basal eudicots
Elena M. Kramer and Elizabeth A. Zimmer

10. Genetics of grass flower development
Clinton J. Whipple and Robert J. Schmidt

11. Developmental Gene Evolution and the Origin of Grass Inflorescence Diversity
Simon T. Malcomber, Jill C. Preston, Renata Reinheimer, Jessie Kossuth and Elizabeth A. Kellogg

12. Expression of Floral Regulators in Basal Angiosperms and the Origin and Evolution of ABC Function
Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Sangtae Kim, Andre Chanderbali, and Matyas Buzgo

13. The molecular evolutionary ecology of plant development: Flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kathleen Engelmann and Michael Purugganan

14. A Genomics Approach To The Study Of Ancient Polyploidy and Floral Developmental Genetics
James H. Leebens-Mack, Kerr Wall, Jill Duarte, Zhengui Zheng, David Oppenheimer and Claude dePamphilis