The origin of the sporophyte shoot in land plants: A bryological perspective

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 935-941

  Ligrone, Roberto ^a   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^b   Renzaglia, Karen S ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bryophytes; development; embryo; meristems; plant evolution; sporophyte shoot; stomata

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMBRYO; JUVENILE; LIVERWORT; MOSS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SHOOT; SPOROPHYTE; STOMATA;

ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; MOSS; PLANT; PLANT STOMA;

ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA;

EID: 84866657287     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs176     Document Type: Review

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