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The Evolution of Plants

by K. J. Willis

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ISBN13: 9780198500650
ISBN10: 0198500653
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First / second year undergraduate text.

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Willis (geography and the environment, U. of Oxford) and McElwain (geography, The Field Museum, Chicago) begin with an overview of the main evolutionary changes in the plant kingdom from the first photosynthesizers to the present. They continue by looking at evidence for mass extinctions and persistent plant populations in the fossil record, current research on ancient DNA and other biomolecular markers, and how the plant record matches different evolutionary theories.
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Table of Contents

1. The evolutionary record and methods of reconstruction


2. Earliest forms of plant life


3. The colonization of land


4. The first forests


5. Major Emergence of the seed plants


6. Flowering plant origins


7. The past 65 million years


8. Mass extinctions and persistent populations


9. Ancient DNA and the biomolecular record


10. Evolutionary theories and the plant fossil record


References


Glossary


Appendices


Index


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ISBN:
9780198500650
Author:
Willis, K. J.
Author:
McElwain, J. C.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Oxford
Subject:
Flowers
Subject:
Evolution
Subject:
Plants
Subject:
Botany
Subject:
Life Sciences - Botany
Subject:
Life Sciences - Horticulture
Subject:
Life Sciences | Evolutionary Biology
Subject:
Life Sciences - Evolution
Subject:
Plants -- Evolution.
Copyright:
2002
Series Volume:
116
Publication Date:
May 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
378
Dimensions:
9.50x7.30x.80 in. 1.90 lbs.
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