Edited by: José L. Micol and Miguel A. Blázquez
During evolution, plants have developed their own mechanisms to establish growth patterns, determine cell fates and differentiate organs. Comparison of the regulation and execution of developmental programs in plants and animals reveals the richness of independent invention and the limitations imposed by nature. The cover illustration shows Arabidopsis thaliana in the background and images representing key processes in plant development. From left to right: the reproductive phase (anthers photographed by F. Vera), tissue differentiation during vegetative growth (vascular vessels photographed by H. Tuominen), meristem maintenance (first emerging leaves in young seedlings, photographed by D. Alabadí) and root development (photograph of nuclei in a root section, by D. Alabadí).
Preface - Plants develop and grow
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Historical perspectives on plant developmental biology
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Balance between cell division and differentiation during plant development
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Regulation of gene expression by light
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Genetic control of floral size and proportions
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Flower symmetry and shape in Antirrhinum
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Leaf shape: genetic controls and environmental factors
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Plastids unleashed: their development and their integration in plant development
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Epidermal differentiation: trichomes in Arabidopsis as a model system
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Flowering: a time for integration
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The making of gametes in higher plants
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Gametophyte interaction and sexual reproduction: how plants make a zygote
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Flower and fruit development in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Seed maturation: developing an intrusive phase to accomplish a quiescent state
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The signal transducing photoreceptors of plants
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Plant tropisms: providing the power of movement to a sessile organism
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The highs and lows of plant life: temperature and light interactions in development
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Environmental regulation of flowering
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Control of reproduction by Polycomb Group complexes in animals and plants
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Gene network analysis in plant development by genomic technologies
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Long-range signalling in plant reproductive development
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Regulated RNA processing in the control of Arabidopsis flowering
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