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Flowering and its manipulation. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 20
Flowering and its manipulation. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 20.C. Ainsworth ed. 2006.
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. £99.95 (hardback). 304 pp.
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Flowering is at the heart of plant biology. As the organ for sexual reproduction, the flower is the site of genetic recombination and the source of genetic diversity and, through seed production, the site of multiplication and dispersal. Grains produced through the flowering process provide the components of staple diets for most of the world's population. Flowering has also had a prominent position in the molecular and genetic revolution in the last two decades where models of flower development, such as Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum, have provided leading insights into the mechanisms controlling development, morphogenesis, differentiation and
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