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The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 49 > Issue 5-6 (Special Issue)

Cover Vol. 49 N. 5-6

Plant Development

Edited by: José L. Micol and Miguel A. Blázquez

Cover Legend

During evolution, plants have developed their own mechanisms to establish growth patterns, determine cell fates and differentiate organs. Comparison of the regulation and execution of developmental programs in plants and animals reveals the richness of independent invention and the limitations imposed by nature. The cover illustration shows Arabidopsis thaliana in the background and images representing key processes in plant development. From left to right: the reproductive phase (anthers photographed by F. Vera), tissue differentiation during vegetative growth (vascular vessels photographed by H. Tuominen), meristem maintenance (first emerging leaves in young seedlings, photographed by D. Alabadí) and root development (photograph of nuclei in a root section, by D. Alabadí).

Preface - Plants develop and grow

José L. Micol and Miguel A. Blázquez

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 449-452

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052082jm

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Historical perspectives on plant developmental biology

Mieke Van Lijsebettens and Marc Van Montagu

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 453-465

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041927ml

Basic developmental processes

Balance between cell division and differentiation during plant development

Elena Ramirez-Parra, Bénédicte Desvoyes and Crisanto Gutierrez

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 467-477

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052001er

Plant stem cell niches

Yvonne Stahl and Rüdiger Simon

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 479-489

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041929ys

Circadian clock signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana: from gene expression to physiology and development

Paloma Más

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 491-500

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041968pm

Regulation of gene expression by light

Jorge J. Casal and Marcelo J. Yanovsky

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 501-511

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051973jc

Genetic control of floral size and proportions

Julia Weiss, Luciana Delgado-Benarroch and Marcos Egea-Cortines

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 513-525

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051998jw

Flower symmetry and shape in Antirrhinum

Jorge Almeida and Lisete Galego

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 527-537

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041967ja

Vegetative development

Regulation of phyllotaxis

Didier Reinhardt

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 539-546

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041922dr

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Leaf shape: genetic controls and environmental factors

Hirokazu Tsukaya

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 547-555

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041921ht

Plastids unleashed: their development and their integration in plant development

Enrique Lopez-Juez and Kevin A. Pyke

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 557-577

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051997el

Epidermal differentiation: trichomes in Arabidopsis as a model system

Swen Schellmann and Martin Hülskamp

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 579-584

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051983ss

Reproductive development

Flowering: a time for integration

François Parcy

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 585-593

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041930fp

The making of gametes in higher plants

Leonor C. Boavida, Jörg D. Becker and José A. Feijó

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 595-614

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052019lb

Gametophyte interaction and sexual reproduction: how plants make a zygote

Leonor C. Boavida, Ana Maria Vieira, Jörg D. Becker and José A. Feijó

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 615-632

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052023lb

Flower and fruit development in Arabidopsis thaliana

Pedro Robles and Soraya Pelaz

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 633-643

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052020pr

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Seed maturation: developing an intrusive phase to accomplish a quiescent state

Jesús Vicente-Carbajosa and Pilar Carbonero

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 645-651

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052046jc

Environmental control of development

The signal transducing photoreceptors of plants

Keara A. Franklin, Victoria S. Larner and Garry C. Whitelam

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 653-664

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051989kf

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Plant tropisms: providing the power of movement to a sessile organism

C. Alex Esmon, Ullas V. Pedmale and Emmanuel Liscum

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 665-674

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052028ce

The highs and lows of plant life: temperature and light interactions in development

Laura Heggie and Karen J. Halliday

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 675-687

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041926lh

Environmental regulation of flowering

Israel Ausín, Carlos Alonso-Blanco and José-Miguel Martínez-Zapater

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 689-705

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052022ia

Future directions

Control of reproduction by Polycomb Group complexes in animals and plants

Anne-Elisabeth Guitton and Frederic Berger

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 707-716

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051990ag

From phenotypic to molecular polymorphisms involved in naturally occurring variation of plant development

Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Belén Mendez-Vigo and Maarten Koornneef

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 717-732

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051994ca

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Plant microRNAs and development

Sara Jover-Gil, Héctor Candela and María-Rosa Ponce

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 733-744

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052015sj

Gene network analysis in plant development by genomic technologies

Frank Wellmer and José Luis Riechmann

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 745-759

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051991fw

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Long-range signalling in plant reproductive development

Paula Suárez-López

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 761-771

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052002ps

Regulated RNA processing in the control of Arabidopsis flowering

Victor Quesada, Caroline Dean and Gordon G. Simpson

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 773-780

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051995vq