The Evolutionary Biology of Plants

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University of Chicago Press, 8 jun 1997 - 449 páginas
Although they are among the most abundant of all living things and provide essential oxygen,
food, and shelter to the animal kingdom, few books pay any attention to how and why plants
evolved the wondrous diversity we see today. In this richly illustrated and clearly written book,
Karl J. Niklas provides the first comprehensive synthesis of modern evolutionary biology as it
relates to plants.

After presenting key evolutionary principles, Niklas recounts the saga of plant life from its
origins to the radiation of the flowering plants. To investigate how living plants might have
evolved, Niklas conducts a series of computer-generated "walks" on fitness "landscapes,"
arriving at hypothetical forms of plant life strikingly similar to those of today and the distant
past. He concludes with an extended consideration of molecular biology and paleontology.

An excellent overview for undergraduates, this book will also challenge graduate students and
researchers.
 

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IV
1
V
3
VI
12
VII
17
VIII
19
IX
32
X
35
XI
45
XXXIX
213
XL
217
XLI
232
XLII
242
XLIII
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XLIV
249
XLV
250
XLVI
251

XII
50
XIII
61
XIV
63
XV
66
XVI
68
XVII
72
XVIII
79
XIX
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XX
90
XXI
95
XXII
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XXIII
107
XXIV
109
XXV
111
XXVI
121
XXVII
125
XXVIII
134
XXIX
142
XXX
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XXXI
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XXXII
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XXXIII
164
XXXIV
174
XXXV
186
XXXVI
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XXXVII
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XXXVIII
211
XLVII
266
XLVIII
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XLIX
284
L
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LI
299
LII
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LIII
304
LIV
310
LV
314
LVI
325
LVII
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LVIII
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LIX
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LX
347
LXI
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LXII
352
LXIII
358
LXIV
360
LXV
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LXVI
368
LXVII
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LXVIII
381
LXIX
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LXX
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LXXI
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LXXII
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Sobre el autor (1997)

Karl J. Niklas is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Biology and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University.

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