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Polyploidy: biological relevance.
Walter H. Lewis
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Abstract
I. Polyploidy in Plant Evolution.- Origins of Polyploids.- Cytogenetics of Polyploids.- Polyploidy and Distribution.- Physiology of Polyploids.- Chemistry of Polyploids.- Polyploidy in Species Populations.- Polyploidy in Plant Evolution: Summary.- II. Polyploidy in Plant Taxa.- Polyploidy in Algae.- Polyploidy in Fungi.- Polyploidy in Bryophytes with Special Emphasis on Mosses.- Polyploidy in Pteridophytes.- Polyploidy in Gymnosperms.- Polyploidy in Angiosperms: Monocotyledons.- Polyploidy in Angiosperms: Dicotyledons.- Polyploidy in Plant Taxa: Summary.- III. Polyploidy in Animal Evolution.- Polyploidy in Insect Evolution.- Role of Polyploidy in the Evolution of Fishes.- Evolutionary Significance of Polyploidy in Amphibians and Reptiles.- Polyploidy In Animal Evolution: Summary.- IV. Polyploidy and Agriculture.- Polyploidy and Plant Domestication.- Problems of AlloPolyploidy in Triticale.- Uses of Wheat Aneuploids.- Some Applications and Misapplications of Induced Polyploidy to Plant Breeding.- Maximizing Heterozygosity in Autopolyploids.- Polyploidy and Agriculture: Summary.- V. Polyploidy: Future Prospects.- Polyploidy in Plants: Unsolved Problems and Prospects.- Workshop Reports.- Polyploidy, Plants, and Electrophoresis.- Molecular Techniques Applied to Polyploids.- Principles of Demographic Analysis Applied to Natural Polyploid Populations.- Newly Attained Polyploidy and/or Clonal Reproduction in Animals: The Brink of Extinction or Threshold to New Frontiers?.- Cytogenetics and Crop Improvement.- Conference Participants.- List of Contributors.- Index to Names of Organisms.