Volume 147: Hörandl, Elvira, Ueli Grossniklaus, Peter J. van Dijk and Timothy F. Sharbel (eds.): Apomixis: Evolution, Mechanisms and Perspectives. 2007. illus. (b/w & col.). 424 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. (ISBN 978-3-906166-60-5)

Contents: INTRODUCTION/ DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY and GENETIC CONTROL ofAPOMIXIS (Nogler,G.: The discovery of parthogenesis: a long journey tothe truth/ Curtis,M. & U. Grossniklaus: Amphimixis and apomixis: twosides of the same coin!/ Carman, J. G.: Do duplicate genes causeapomixis?/ Albertini, E. & G. Barcaccia: A review on apomeiosis inPoa pretensis L. and Medicago sativa L. mutants/ Ozias - Atkins, P.,J. A. Conner, S. Goel, Y. Akiyama & W. W. Hanna: Genes linked withapomixis: identification and characterization/ Calderini, O., S. B.Chang, H. de Jong, A. Bietta, S. Arcioni, M. E. Caceres, C. L. Quarin,D. H. Hojsgaard, I. S. Donnison and F. Pupilli: Molecular cytogeneticsof the apomixis controlling locus in Paspalum simplex/ Vijverberg, K. and P. J. vam Dijk: Genetic linkage mapping of apomixis loci/ Matzk,F.,S. Prodanovic, A. Czihal, J. Tiedemann, F. Arzenton, F. Blattner,J. Kumlehn, L. Altschmied, I. Schubert, A. Johnston, U. Grossniklaus,H. Bäumlein: Genetic control of apomixis: preliminary lessons from Poa,Hypericum and wheat egg cells)/ MAINTENANCE AND SPREAD OF APOMIXISIN NATURAL POPULATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY (Hörandl, E. and O. Paun: Patterns and sources of genetic diversityin apomictic plants: implications for evolutionary potentias/ Mogie, M.,N. F. Britton and J. A. Stewart - Cox: Asexuality, polyploidy and themale function/ Van Dijk,P. J.: Potential and realized costs of sex indandelions, taraxacum officinale s.l./ Voigt, M. - L., M. Melzer,T. Rutten, T. Mitchell - Olds and T. F. Sharbel: Gametogenesis in theapomictic Boechera holboellii complex: the male perspective/ Baraccia,G., H. Bäumlein and T. F. Sharbel: Apomixis in St. John's wort(Hypericum perforatum L.): an overview and glimpse towards the future/Nybom, H.: Unique reproduction in dogroses (Rosa sect. Caninae) maintains successful and highly heterozygous genotypes)/ EVOLUTION OFAPOMICTIC COMPLEXES (Talent, N. and T. Dickinson: Apomixis andhybridization in Rosaceae subtribe Pyrinae Dumort.: a new toolpromises new insights/ Bayer, R.J. and. T. Chandler: Evolution ofpolyploid agamic complexes: a case study using the Catipes group ofAntennaria, including the A. rosea complex (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae)/Noyes, R. D.: The evolutionary genetics of apomixis in Erigeron sect.Phalacroloma (Asteraceae)/ Fehrer, J., A. Krahulcova, J. Chrtek Jr.,Rosenbaumova, R. and S. Bräutigam: Evolutionary aspects in Hieraciumsubgenus Pilosella/ Dobes,C., M. Koch and C. Kiefer: Apomixis andradiation at low ploidy levels exemplified in the evolutionary modelgenus Boechera (Brassicaceae)/ INDEX.