Symbiotic lifestyle and phylogenetic relationships of the bionts of Mastodia tessellata (Ascomycota, incertae sedis).

abstract：:Bennettitales is an extinct group of seed plants with reproductive structures that are similar in some respects to both Gnetales and angiosperms, but systematic relationships among the three clades remain controversial. This study summarizes characters of bennettitalean plants and presents new evidence for the structu...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Rothwell GW,Crepet WL,Stockey RA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Palaeotropic Derris-like taxa (family Fabaceae, tribe Millettieae) comprise 6-9 genera. They are well known as important sources of rotenone toxin, which are used as organic insecticide and fish poison. However, their phylogenetic relationships and classification are still problematic due to insuff...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sirichamorn Y,Adema FA,Gravendeel B,van Welzen PC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the possible effect of recent (1927-1995) increases in the concentration of atmospheric CO2 on the stomatal densities of leaves of a wide range of tree, shrub, and herb species (N = 60) by making new measurements for comparison with corresponding data reported by E. J. Salisbury in 1927--a time when ic...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Beerling D,Kelly C

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spatially explicit, reiterative algorithm (SERA) is presented and used to predict multiple aspects of plant population and community dynamics. Using simple physical principles and empirically derived relationships, SERA provides an analytical venue to test alternative hypotheses about individual functional traits go...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Hammond ST,Niklas KJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Strait of Gibraltar is the most important barrier disconnecting the landmasses of Europe and Africa on the western Mediterranean extreme. Carex helodes is a wind-pollinated species endemic to the western Mediterranean. Because molecular and cytogenetic data allow the inference of its evolutionary history, we analy...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Escudero M,Vargas P,Valcárcel V,Luceño M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that trees growing at high elevations with occasional freezing temperatures have smaller diameter xylem vessels than trees of the same species growing at lower and warmer elevations. The young branch wood of the wide-ranging Hawaiian tree species Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) was examine...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Fisher JB,Goldstein G,Jones TJ,Cordell S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic structure of ferns (= monilophytes) is explored here, with a special focus on the early divergences among leptosporangiate lineages. Despite considerable progress in our understanding of fern relationships, a rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the early leptosporangiate divergences was lacking. Th...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Pryer KM,Schuettpelz E,Wolf PG,Schneider H,Smith AR,Cranfill R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing, geographical locations, causes, and consequences of crop domestication have long been major concerns of archaeologists, and agricultural origins and dispersals are currently more relevant than ever to scientists seeking solutions to elusive problems involving food insecurity and global health disparities. ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Langlie BS,Mueller NG,Spengler RN,Fritz GJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many characteristics of plants and animals scale with body size as described by allometric equations of the form Y = βM(α), where Y is an attribute of the organism, β is a coefficient that varies with attribute, M is a measure of organism size, and α is another constant, the scaling exponent. In current models, the fr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Koontz TL,Petroff A,West GB,Brown JH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphenobaiera huangii (Sze) Hsü is typical Early Mesozoic fossil foliage of Ginkgoales in China. It has been recorded from the Upper Triassic to the Lower Jurassic. The cuticular anatomy is investigated based on material from the type locality, Lower Jurassic Hsiangchi Formation, Zigui County, Hubei Province. The speci...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Wang Y,Guignard G,Thévenard F,Dilcher D,Barale G,Mosbrugger V,Yang X,Mei S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Floral organogenesis and development of the tropical legume trees Haematoxylum campechianum (logwood) and H. brasiletto (brazilwood) were studied using scanning electron microscopy. The aims were to compare ontogenies, and to elucidate the relationships of Haematoxylum with other genera of Caesalpinieae, the basal tri...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Tucker S,Kantz K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Diversification of floral traits in angiosperms is often attributed to have been driven by adaptations to pollinators. Nevertheless, phylogenetic studies on the relationships among evolutionary changes in floral traits and pollination systems are still limited. We examined the relation...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Sakai S,Kawakita A,Ooi K,Inoue T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of biodiversity are ultimately the product of speciation and extinction. Speciation serves as the biodiversity pump while extinction serves as the agent that culls global to local levels of biodiversity. Linking these central processes to global and local patterns of biodiversity is a key challenge in both ec...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Swenson NG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fresh weights of suspension cultures of pear (Pyrus communis) and quince (Cydonia oblonga) increased exponentially for 30 to 40 days after subculturing. Transferring pear cultures to media in which quince cultures had grown for 10 days resulted in a 70% inhibition of callus growth. Transferring quince cultures to ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Moore R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex allocation models predict that cosexuality is stabilized by high allocation to attractive structures in pollen-limited species or by high allocation to shared structures that contribute to both genders. High investment in unilateral fixed costs favor the evolution of dioecy or gender change. With these predictions...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Méndez M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Conifers are an important living seed plant lineage with an extensive fossil record spanning more than 300 million years. The group therefore provides an excellent opportunity to explore congruence and conflict between dated molecular phylogenies and the fossil record. METHODS:We surveyed the curr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Leslie AB,Beaulieu J,Holman G,Campbell CS,Mei W,Raubeson LR,Mathews S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the frequency of spontaneous amphiploids or neopolyploids in experimental interspecific hybrids in two annual sections of Gilia (Polemoniaceae, sects. Arachnion and Gilia, x = 9). In each section the species were intercrossed in numerous hybrid combinations to obtain an array of F1 hybrid types; sev...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Grant V

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:• PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Accurate assessments of biodiversity are paramount for understanding ecosystem processes and adaptation to change. Invasive species often contribute substantially to local biodiversity; correctly identifying and distinguishing invaders is thus necessary to assess their potential impac...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Moffat CE,Ensing DJ,Gaskin JF,De Clerck-Floate RA,Pither J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 3-yr study, we examined the pollinator guild and intersexual floral characteristics of the dioecious, perennial cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), which flowers in early spring. The findings contribute to our general understanding of pollination ecology at high latitudes and provide important information for the com...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Brown AO,McNeil JN

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the crown-building phase, the mechanical architecture of the trunk of Aralia spinosa exhibits considerable ontogenetic variation. All trunks were tapered along their length, and taper was dependent on both ramet size and age; older, larger trunks were more tapered than younger, smaller trunks. Trunk specific gr...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Briand CH,Campion SM,Dzambo DA,Wilson KA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:New microsatellite primers were developed for testing genetic differentiation within Nothoceros aenigmaticus and their potential use in other Nothoceros species. The microsatellites are designed to investigate partitioning of genetic variation in a taxon with a peculiar sex allopatry in the souther...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Villarreal JC,Forrest LL,McFarland K,Goffinet B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF STUDY:Sequence analyses for Pinaceae have suggested that extant genera diverged in the late Mesozoic. While the fossil record indicates that Pinaceae was highly diverse during the Cretaceous, there are few records of living genera. This description of an anatomically preserved seed cone extends the fossil re...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Klymiuk AA,Stockey RA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Evolutionary and biogeographic history, including past environmental change and diversification processes, are likely to have influenced the expansion, migration, and extinction of populations, creating evolutionary legacy effects that influence regional species pools and the composition of communi...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cavender-Bares J,Kothari S,Meireles JE,Kaproth MA,Manos PS,Hipp AL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial cambial mortality is a growth form that is characteristic of Pinus aristata trees. To better elucidate their cambial death pattern, tree size and aspect of cambial death data were gathered from three Pinus aristata forests in central Colorado, USA. Stripping frequency tended to be higher for larger diameter cl...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Schauer AJ,Schoettle AW,Boyce RL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pedilanthus coalcomanensis was described from specimens collected by George B. Hinton in 1941 but was not collected again until 1999, when we found it in a tropical deciduous forest near Tehuantepec, in Chinicuila, Michoacán, Mexico. After analyzing Hinton's original collection notes, we concluded that this is the typ...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Lomelí-Sención JA,Sahagún-Godínez E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:During the interactions between a parasitic plant and its host, the parasite affects its host morphologically, anatomically, and physiologically, yet there has been little focus on the effect of hosts on the parasite. Here, the functional interactions between the hemiparasitic mistletoe Psittacanth...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Cocoletzi E,Angeles G,Ceccantini G,Patrón A,Ornelas JF

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:We developed microsatellite loci for the biomass crop Miscanthus sinensis to investigate genetic diversity and population structure of M. sinensis and its closely related species. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fourteen microsatellite loci were identified from an enriched genomic library of M. sinensis and t...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Zhou HF,Li SS,Ge S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships of 38 species of the Alibertia group (Rubiaceae) and two outgroup species were investigated using the nuclear ribosomal 5S nontranscribed spacer (5S-NTS) and the internal transcribed spacers (ITS). Analysis of the data sets separately and in combination resulted in several well-supported and...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Persson C

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Despite being highly fertile and occupying a large geographic region, the North American heartleaf bittercress (Cardamine cordifolia; Brassicaceae) has a puzzling triploid-like chromosome number (2n = 3x = 24). As most triploids are sterile, we embarked on a detailed analysis of the C. cordifolia g...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Mandáková T,Gloss AD,Whiteman NK,Lysak MA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effects of density, genotype, and their interaction on individual seed mass in Raphanus sativus L., we replicated maternal and paternal families of seed across two planting densities in an experimental garden. Seeds were produced by a nested breeding design performed in the greenhouse. Among garden-ra...

journal_title：American journal of botany

authors： Mazer SJ,Wolfe LM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00