Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes. 2005. (Developmental and Cell Biology Series, 20).Reprint 2010. illus. 376 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Preface/ Abbreviations/ The Beginning (The spore-beginning of thegametophytic phase/ Physiology of spore germination/ Cell determinationand morphogenesis during germination/ Biochemical cytology and bio-chemistry of germination)/ Growth and Maturation (Developmentalphysiology of gametophytes- the germ filament/ Developmental physiologyand gametophytes- induction of planar growth/ Role of protein andnucleic acid synthesis in planar growth/ Vegetative and reconstitutivegrowth of gametophytes)/ Reproductive Strategies (Control ofdifferentiation of sex organs on gametophytes/ Sexuality and genetics ofgametophytes/ Gametogenesis and Fertilization)/ Developmental Options(Apogamy- an alternative developmental program of gametophytes/ Apospory- formation of gametophytes without meiosis)/ References/ Author index/Subject index. - A reprinted ed. of the 1989 hardcopy edition.