Apomixis: Evolution, Mechanisms and Perspectives. 2007. (Regnum Vegetabile, 147). 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. van 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(Hörandel, 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. - 'Apomixis is no longerregarded as a 'blind alley' of evolution, but rather as an alternativemechanism to the predominant sexual pathway, and that needs to beexplored in many details to fully understand its role in nature' (Quotefrom the preface of the book).