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Library resources are a potential source of authors, books, key words, phrases, journal titles, and topics to aid teachers, students, and researchers as they conduct their personal computer searches in Google Scholar or elsewhere for published work on the origin of angiosperms and related subjects.
A separate list of Relevant Scientific Articles of Year 2009 is available on another page of this web site.
Each year I will be select a scientific paper, book chapter, or book as being of paramount importance toward finding a solution to the enigmatic origin of flowering plants (angiosperms). A list is available.
Reading List of Books and Book Chapters:
This reading list of books and book chapters is intended for persons with advanced college level biology training who have an interest in current research on the origin of flowering plants and related topics. Key chapters in bound compilations and certain books published during the last decade are listed.
Anderson, J. M. and H. M. Anderson. 2003. Heyday of the Gymnosperms: Systematics and Biodiversity of the Late Triassic Molteno Fructifications, Strelitzia 15. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute, 398 pp.
Baum, D. A. and M. J. Donoghue. 2002. Transformation of function, heterotopy, and the evolution of plant development. Pp. 52-69 In: Q. C. B. Cronk, R. Bateman, and J. Hawkins (eds.), Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution, The Systematics Association Special Volume Series 65. London: Taylor and Francis, 543 pp.
Baum, D. A. and L. C. Hileman. 2006. A developmental genetic model for the origin of the flower. Pp. 3-27 In: C. Ainsworth (ed.), Volume 20, Annual Plant Reviews, Flowering and Its Manipulation. Sheffield: Blackwell, 304 pp.
Bennett, M. D. and I. J. Leitch. 2005. 2. Genome size evolution in plants. Pp. 89-162 In: T. R. Gregory (ed.), The Evolution of the Genome. Burlington: Elsevier Academic Press, 740 pp.
Benton, M. 2009. Paleontology and the history of life. Pp. 80-104 In: M. Ruse and J. Travis (eds.) with a forward by E. O. Wilson, Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 979 pp.
Bowen, N. J. and I. K. Jordan. 2007. Exaptation of protein coding sequences from transposable elements. Pp. 147-162 In: J.-N. Volff (ed.), Gene and Protein Evolution, Genome Dynamics Volume 3. Basel: Karger, 194 pp.
Carroll, S. B., J. K. Grenier, and S. D. Weatherbee. 2005. From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 258 pp.
Céspedes, C. L., A. J. G. Avila, J. C. Marin, M. Dominguez L., P. Torres, and E. Aranda. 2006. 1. Natural compounds as antioxidant and moulting inhibitors can play a role as a model for search of new botanical pesticides. Pp. 1-27 In: M. Rai and M. C. Carpinella (eds.), Advances in Phytomedicine, Volume 3, Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds. Boston: Elsevier, 502 pp.
Columbus, J. T., E. A. Friar, C. W. Hamilton, J. M. Porter, L. M. Prince, and M. G. Simpson (eds.). 2006. Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution, Volume 1, Excluding Poales (Aliso Volume 22). Pomona: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 735 pp.
Davidson, E. H. 2006. The Regulatory Genome: Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Evolution. Boston: Academic Press, 289 pp.
Detrain, C. and J.-L. Deneubourg. 2008. Collective decision-making and foraging patterns in ants and honeybees. Pp. 123-173 In: J. Casas and S. J. Simpson (eds.), Volume 35, Advances in Insect Physiology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 180 pp.
DiMichele, W. A., W. E. Stein, and R. M. Bateman. 2001. Ecological sorting of vascular plant classes during the Paleozoic evolutionary radiation. Pp. 285-335 In: W. D. Allmon and D. J. Bottjer (eds.), Evolutionary Palaeoecology: The Ecological Context of Macroevolutionary Change. New York: Columbia University Press, 357 pp.
Doyle, J. A. 2007. Systematic value and evolution of leaf architecture across angiosperms in light of molecular phylogenetic analyses. Pp. 21-38 In: D. M. Jarzen, S. R. Manchester, G. J. Retallack, and S. A. Jarzen (eds.), Advances in Angiosperm Paleobotany and Paleoclimate Reconstruction, Contributions Honouring David L. Dilcher and Jack A. Wolfe. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, 189 pp.
Endress, P. K. 2001. Origins of flower morphology. Chapter 21, Pp. 493-510 In: G. P. Wagner (ed.), The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, San Diego: Academic Press, 622 pp.
Erwin, D. H. 2006. Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 306 pp.
Erwin, D. H. 2010. Chapter 10. Microevolution and macroevolution are not governed by the same processes. Pp. 180-193 In: F. J. Ayala and R. Arp (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy and Biology, Part 12. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 440 pp.
Feild, T. S. 2005. Are vessels in seed plants evolutionary innovations to similar ecological contexts? Chapter 24, Pp. 501-516 In: N. M. Holbrook and M. A. Zwieniecki, Vascular Transport in Plants, New York: Academic Press, 564 pp.
Glover, B. 2007. Understanding Flowers and Flowering: An Integrated Approach. New York: Oxford University Press, 227 pp.
Gould, S. J. 2002. The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge:
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1433 pp.
Gregory, T. R. 2005. 1. Genome size evolution in animals. Pp. 4-88 In: T. R. Gregory (ed.), The Evolution of the Genome. Burlington: Elsevier Academic Press, 740 pp.
Grimaldi, D. and M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 755 pp.
Hemsley, A. R. and I. Poole (eds.). 2004. The Evolution of Plant Physiology, From Whole Plants to Ecosystems, Linnean Society Symposium Series Number 21. London: Elsevier Academic Press, 492 pp.
Itoh, H., M. Ueguchi-Tanaka, and M. Matsuoka. 2008. Molecular biology of gibberellins signaling in higher plants. Pp. 191-220 In: K. W. Jeon (ed.), International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, Volume 268. Boston: Academic Press, Elsevier, 316 pp.
Jackson, D. 2005. 6. Transcription factor movement through plasmodesmata. Pp. 113-134 In: K. J. Oparka (ed.), Plasmodesmata, Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 18. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 311 pp.
Krassilov, V. A. 2002. Character parallelism and reticulation in the origin of angiosperms. Chapter 29, Pp. 373-382 In: M. Syvanen and C. I. Kado (eds.), Horizontal Gene Transfer, San Diego: Academic Press, 445 pp.
Krassilov, V. A. and A. Rasnitsyn (eds.). 2008. Plant-Arthropod Interactions in the Early Angiosperm History - Evidence from the Cretaceous of Israel. Sofia: Pensoft, 229 pp.
Labandeira, C. C. 2000. The paleobiology of pollination and its precursors. Pp. 233-269 In: R. A. Gastaldo and W. A. DiMichele (eds.), Phanerozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems. Paleontological Society Papers 6: 233-269.
Labandeira, C. C. 2002. Chapter 2. The history of associations between plants and insects. Pp. 26-74 In: C. M. Herrera and O. Pellmyr (eds.), Plant Animal Interactions: An Evolutionary Approach. Oxford: Blackwell, 328 pp.
Labandeira, C. C. 2005. Chapter Nine. Fossil history and evolutionary ecology of Diptera and their associations with plants. Pp. 217-273 In: D. K. Yeates and B. M. Wiegmann (eds.), The Evolutionary Biology of Flies. New York: Columbia University Press, 430 pp.
Langdale, J. A. and C. J. Harrison. 2008. Developmental transitions during the evolution of plant form. Pp. 299-316 In: A. Minelli and G. Fusco (eds.), Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 426 pp.
Laubichler, M. D. 2010. Chapter 11. Evolutionary-developmental biology offers a significant challenge to the neo-Darwinian paradigm. Pp. 199-212 In: F. J. Ayala and R. Arp (eds.), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy and Biology, Part 12. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 440 pp.
Lynch, M. 2007. The Origins of Genome Architecture. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 494 pp.
Magallón, S. 2009. Flowering plants (Magnoliophyta). Pp. 161-212 In: S. B. Hedges and S. Kumar (eds.), The Timetree of Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 551 pp.
McElwain, J. C., K. J. Willis, and R. Lupia. 2005. Chapter 7. Cretaceous CO2 decline and the radiation and diversification of angiosperms. Pp. 133-165 In: J. R. Ehleringer, T. E. Cerling, and M.-D. Dearing, A History of Atmospheric CO2 and its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. New York: Springer, 530 pp.
Moldowan, J. M. and S. R. Jacobsen. 2002. Chemical signals for early evolution of major taxa: biosignatures and taxon-specific biomarkers. Pp. 19-26 In: W. G. Ernst (ed.), Frontiers in Geochemistry, Organic, Solution, and Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Konrad Krauskopf Volume 2, International Book Series, Volume 6. Columbia: Bellwether Publishing Ltd., 265 pp.
Nichols, D. J. and K. R. Johnson. 2008. Plants and the K-T Boundary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 292 pp.
Osborne, D. J. and M. T. McManus. 2005. Hormones, Signals and Target Cells in Plant Development, Developmental and Cell Biology Series No. 41. New York: Cambridge, 266 pp.
Rijpkema, A. S., J. Zethof, T. Gerats, and M. Vandenbussche. 2008. Chapter 10, Evolution and development of the flower. Pp. 199-224 In: T. Gerats and J. Strommer (eds.), Petunia: Evolutionary, Developmental, and Physiological Genetics. New York: Springer, 445 pp.
Schneider, H., K. M. Pryer, R. Cranfill, A. R. Smith, and P. G. Wolf. 2002. 17. Evolution of vascular plant body plans: a phylogenetic perspective. Pp. 330-364 In: Q. C. B. Cronk, R. Bateman, and J. Hawkins (eds.), Developmental Genetics and Plant Evolution, The Systematics Association Special Volume Series 65. London: Taylor and Francis, 543 pp.
Soltis, D. E., C. D. Bell, S. Kim, and P. S. Soltis. 2008. Origin and early evolution of angiosperms. Pp. 3-25 In: C. D. Schlichting and T. A. Mousseau (eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1133 Issue, The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, 203 pp.
Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, P. K. Endress, and M. W. Chase. 2005. Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms. Sunderland: Sinauer, 370 pp.
Sun, G., M. A. Akhmetiev, L. Golovneva, E. Bugdaeva, C. Quan, T. M. Kodrul, H. Nishida, Y. Sun, C. Sun, K. Johnson, and D. Dilcher. 2007. Late Cretaceous plants from Jiayan along Heilongjiang River, northeast China. Pp. 75-84 In: D. M. Jarzen, S. R. Manchester, G. J. Retallack, and S. A. Jarzen (eds.), Advances in Angiosperm Paleobotany and Paleoclimate Reconstruction, Contributions Honouring David L. Dilcher and Jack A. Wolfe. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, 189 pp.
Takhtajan, A. 2009. Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants, Second Edition. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 872 pp.
Taylor, T. N., E. L. Taylor, and M. Krings. 2009. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, Second Edition. Burlington: Elsevier Academic Press, 1230 pp.
Theißen, G. and K. Kaufmann. 2006. 6. Molecular developmental genetics and the evolution of flowers. Pp. 124-149 In: B. R. Jordan (ed.), The Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Flowering, Second Edition. Wallingford: CABI Publishing, 404 pp.
Thompson, J. N. 2005. The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 443 pp.
Truman, J. W. and L. M. Riddiford. 2002. 34. Insect Developmental Hormones and Their Mechanism of Action. Pp. 841-873 In: D. W. Pfaff, A. P. Arnold, A. M. Etgen, S. E. Fahrbach, and R. T. Rubin (eds.), Hormones, Brain, and Behavior, Volume 2. Boston: Academic Press, 873 pp.
Van de Peer, Y. and A. Meyer. 2005. Large-scale gene and ancient genome duplications. Pp. 329-368 In: T. Gregory (ed.), The Evolution of the Genome, London: Academic Press, 768 pp.
Vermeij, G. J. 2003. Temperature, tectonics, and evolution. Pp. 209-232 In: L. J. Rothschild and A. M. Lister (eds.), Evolution on Planet Earth: Impact of the Physical Environment. London: Academic Press, 456 pp.
Vermeij, G. J. 2004. Nature: An Economic History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 464 pp.
Vialette-Guiraud, A. C. M. and C. P. Scutt. 2009. Chapter 1. Carpel evolution. Pp. 1-34 In: L. Østergaard (ed.), Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal, Annual Plant Reviews Volume 38. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 368 pp.
Wang. X. 2009. New fossils and new hope for the origin of angiosperms. Pp. 51-70 In: P. Pontarotti (ed.), Evolutionary biology: Concept, Modeling, and Application. London: Springer Verlag, 398 pp.
Weishampel, D. B. and C.-M. Jianu. 2000. Chapter 5, Plant-eaters and ghost lineages: dinosaurian herbivory revisited. Pp. 123-143 In: H.-D. Sues (ed.), Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Perspectives from the Fossil Record. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 256 pp.
West-Eberhard, M. J. 2003. Developmental Plasticity and Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 794 pp.
Whitman, D. W. and T. N. Ananthakrishnan (eds.). 2009. Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences. New Hampshire: Enfield Publishing and Distributing Company, 894 pp.
Wray, G. A. 2009. Evolution and development. Pp. 208-236 In: M. Ruse and J. Travis (eds.) with a forward by E. O. Wilson, Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 979 pp.
Zelditch, M. 2001. Beyond Heterochrony: the Evolution of Development. New York: Wiley, 371 pp.
Zherikhin, V. V. 2002. Ecological History of Terrestrial Insects. Pp. 331-388 In.: A. P. Rasnitsyn & D. I. J. Quicke, eds. History of Insects. London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 517 pp.
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