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Dormancy and Developmental Arrest
Experimental Analysis in Plants and Animals
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1978
- Editor: Mary E. Clutter
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 3 7 4 0 - 4
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 1 7 7 0 5 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 6 4 2 - 7
Dormancy and Developmental Arrest: Experimental Analysis in Plants and Animals discusses the experimentation on states of suspended animation of living organisms. The book presents… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDormancy and Developmental Arrest: Experimental Analysis in Plants and Animals discusses the experimentation on states of suspended animation of living organisms. The book presents the range and complexity of interconnected processes involving structural, physiological, and molecular alterations in the organism. The text describes the physiological responses of animals and plants to environmental signals. It discusses the activities of nucleic acid and protein synthesis prior to dormancy state. The text also describes plant embryo development and the regulation of body temperature in dormant states. The book will provide valuable insights for biologists, zoologists, botanists, students, and researchers in the field of biology.
List of Contributors
Preface
1. Embryonic Diapause in Mammals—A Developmental Strategy
I. Introduction: Patterns of Delay—Obligate and Facultative
II. Brief Survey of the Nature and Occurrence of Diapause
III. Embryonic Diapause in Three Wild Species
IV. Diapause as Developmental Strategy
References
2. Insect Dormancy
I. Introduction
II. Ontogeny of Insect Dormancies
III. Physiology of Hibernal Diapause in Lepidoptera
IV. Summary
References
3. Control Mechanisms for Plant Embryogeny
I. Introduction
II. Descriptions of Plant Embryo Development
III. Regulation of Embryo Development
IV. Conclusions
References
4. Metabolic Regulation of Dormancy in Seeds—A Case History of the Wild Oat (Avenafatua)
I. Introduction
II. Dormancy and the Weed Problem
III. Role of Seed Structure in Dormancy of Wild Oats
IV. Role of the Environment in Dormancy of Wild Oats
V. Metabolic System of Wild Oats
VI. Systems Concept to Explain Control of Seed Dormancy
References
5. Environmental and Hormonal Control of Dormancy in Terminal Buds of Plants
I. Introduction
II. Metabolism in Relation to Bud Dormancy
III. Environmental Controls
IV. Hormonal Controls
References
6. Sleep and Torpor—Homologous Adaptations for Energy Conservation
I. Introduction
II. Regulation of Body Temperature in Dormant States
III. Electrophysiological Correlates of Sleep and Hibernation
IV. Conclusions
References
7. Dormancy and Development
Text
References
Index
- No. of pages: 328
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1978
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483237404
- Hardback ISBN: 9780121770501
- eBook ISBN: 9781483276427