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This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics of the plant cell nucleus, the third examines the evolution and diversity of the karyotype in various lineages, including angiosperms, gymnosperms and monilophytes. The fourth part presents the mechanisms of polyploidization and its biological consequences and significance for land plant evolution. The fifth part deals with genome size evolution and its biological significance. Together with Volume I, this comprehensive book on the plant genome is intended for students and professionals in all fields of plant science, offering as it does a convenient entry into a burgeoning literature in a fast-moving field.
List of contents
1. Angiosperm phylogeny: a framework for studies of genome evolution (P. S. Soltis, D. E. Soltis).- 2. The plant nucleus at war and peace - genome organisation in the interphase nucleus (R. N. Jones, T. Langdon).- 3. The organisation of genomic DNA in mitotic chromosomes: a novel view (H. Takata, S. Matsunaga, K. Maeshima).- 4. Structural organisation of the plant nucleus: nuclear envelope, pore complexes and nucleoskeleton (E. Kiseleva, J. Fiserova, M. W. Goldberg).- 5. The plant nucleolus (P. Shaw).- 6. Cell Cycle Modules in Plants for Entry Into Proliferation and for Mitosis (Z. Magyar, M. Ito, P. Binarová, B. Mohamed, L. Bogre).-7. Endopolyploidy in plants (J. Maluszynska, B. Kolano, H. Sas-Nowosielska).- 8. Meiosis: recombination and the control of cell division (E. Jenczewski, R. Mercier, N. Macaisne, C. Mézard).- 9. Mechanisms of chromosome rearrangements (M. A. Lysak, I. Schubert).- 10. Biology and evolution of B chromosomes (A. Houben, A. M. B. Moghaddam, S. Klemme).- 11. Chromosomes and Sex Differentiation (B. Janousek, R. Hobza, B. Vyskot).- 12. Holocentric chromosomes (P. Bures, F. Zedek, M. Marková).- 13. Karyotype diversity and evolutionary trends in angiosperms (H. Weiss-Schneeweiss, G. M. Schneeweiss).- 14. Karyotype variation and evolution in gymnosperms (B. G. Murray).- 15. Karyotype and Genome Evolution in Pteridophytes (M. S. Barker).- 16. The incidence of polyploidy in natural plant populations: major patterns and evolutionary processes (B. C. Husband, S. J. Baldwin, J. Suda).- 17. Significance and biological consequences of polyploidization in land plant evolution (J. A. Fawcett, Y. van de Peer, S. Maere).- 18. Evolutionary importance of generative polyploidy for genome evolution of haploid-dominant land plants (S. A. Rensing, A. K. Beike, D. Lang).- 19. Genome size diversity and evolution in land plants (I. J. Leitch, A. R. Leitch).- 20. Genome size and the phenotype (J. Greilhuber, I. J. Leitch).
About the author
Ilia J. Leitch studied biology at Bristol University, followed by postdoctoral research at the John Innes Institute, UK, applying the technique of fluorescent in situ hybridization to study grass chromosome organization. Since 1993 she has been at the Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where her work is focused on understanding the evolutionary significance of the immense diversity of plant genomes (e.g. size, number, organization and composition).
Johann Greilhuber is Associate Professor at the Institute of Botany at the University of Vienna. He has studied plant genomes for almost 30 years and is an expert on intraspecific variation of genome size. He has constantly been developing novel techniques to study plant genomes, among them many methods based on flow cytometry.
Jaroslav Dolezel is the Head of the Czech Institute of Experimental Botany in Olomouc, and Associate Professor at the Palacky University in Olomouc. He has pioneered the use of flow cytometry in plant science for the analysis of nuclear genome size and regularly holds international training courses on the subject.
Jonathan F. Wendel is a Professor and Chair of the Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Department at Iowa State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1986. Research interests in his lab encompass molecular and genome evolution, phylogenetics, and the phenotypic evolution of higher plants. His research group employs a diverse set of genomic technologies and approaches to explore the manner in which genomes change over evolutionary time, as well as the relationship between these events and morphological change. They have a particular interest in the mysterious and common phenomenon of polyploidy, with a special focus on the cotton genus.
Summary
This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics of the plant cell nucleus, the third examines the evolution and diversity of the karyotype in various lineages, including angiosperms, gymnosperms and monilophytes. The fourth part presents the mechanisms of polyploidization and its biological consequences and significance for land plant evolution. The fifth part deals with genome size evolution and its biological significance. Together with Volume I, this comprehensive book on the plant genome is intended for students and professionals in all fields of plant science, offering as it does a convenient entry into a burgeoning literature in a fast-moving field.
