TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bahadur,Bir
TI  - Asymmetry in plants: biology of handedness 
SN  - 9780429960703
AV  - QK711.2 .A79 2019eb
U1  - 571.2 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Boca Raton, FL
PB  - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Plant physiology
KW  - Symmetry (Biology)
KW  - SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - NATURE / Ecology
KW  - SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
KW  - SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution
N2  - Plants exhibit forms of asymmetry analogous to "handedness" in bilaterally symmetrical animals. This book explores the evolutionary significance and development of asymmetry. Examples of genetic control include the direction of tendril or stem coiling of many climbing plants; the so-called spiral phyllotaxy and floral taxy; and contorted petal arrangement is another kind of left- right symmetry in plants; the direction of contortion is fixed in some but not in other plants. The book will underscore tha all phenomena related to handedness start during embryogenesis itself, with the occurrence of embryo rotation. Key selling features: First consolidated book on Plant Handedness Relates handedness, asymmetry and chirality to the evolution of different organizational levels in plant biology Emphasizes handedness as a vital governing force in plant functional evolution Provides a new perspective, hitherto ignored, into plant developemtn and evolution Describes how an age-old phenomenon can give scope for investigation from a very modern interdisciplinary approach
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429492372
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -