Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes [Paperback]

A study of the developmental biology of fern gametophytes for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.This book studies the developmental biology of fern gametophytes, from their beginning through growth and maturation to their reproductive strategies. It is intended to interest and instruct advanced undergraduates and graduate students and to make an important contribution to teaching cell and developmental biology.This book studies the developmental biology of fern gametophytes, from their beginning through growth and maturation to their reproductive strategies. It is intended to interest and instruct advanced undergraduates and graduate students and to make an important contribution to teaching cell and developmental biology.This volume outlines all of the phases of the gametophytic generation in ferns such as spore germination and sex organ initiation, from how the gametophyte grows to how it eventually initiates the sporophytic generation. The book discusses these stages in morphological, physiological, cytological and biochemical terms, and, by combining all these perspectives, presents a new view of this interesting developmental process that sheds light on general plant development. Developmental biologists will find this book a useful resource.Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Beginning: 2. The spore - beginning of the gametophytic phase; 3. Physiology of spore germination; 4. Cell determination and morphogenesis during germination; 5. Biochemical cytology and biochemistry of germination; Part II. Growth and Maturation: 6. Developmental physiology of gametophytes - the germ filament; 7. Developmental physiology of gametophytes - induction of planar growth; 8. Role of protein and nucleic acid synthesis in planar growth; 9. Vegetative and reconstitutive growth of gametophytes; Part III. Reproductive Strategies: 10. Control of differentiation of sex organs on gametophytes; 11. Sexuality and genetics of gametophytes; 12. Gametogenesisl“!