Alice in the Land of Plants Biology of Plants and Their Importance for Planet Earth /
Why is it that plants do not need to move? How does a nonmotile organism have sex or defend itself? Why are plants asymmetric and not of a fixed size? Why are some plants virtually immortal? Why is cloning a routine matter in the plant kingdom? What is the mechanism that allows plants to exploit a p...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction: Plants are no less complex than animals – they are just different
- Basic plant organisation– how it differs from that of animals
- Why trees are almost immortal and other related issues
- Short evolutionary history of plants
- Sex in non‐motile organisms
- The world through the eyes of plants
- The defence of a stationary organism
- Symbiosis galore
- Deviations from the basic biological type
- A final word on plant intelligence
- Epilogue: Tribute to Darwin.
