Photoperiodism

This book examines the role of photoperiod (day length) in timing seasonal adaptations in plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates, and is the first to present such a broad perspective on the subject in quite some time. The current literature is distinctly separated among researchers working with these different taxa, resulting in inefficiency and redundancies. The field is poised to make rapid progress in the understanding of seasonal clocks at all levels of analysis, and Photoperiodism brings together experts working in disparate areas to stimulate conversation among investigators from all related disciplines. At the end of the book, the three editors analyze common themes in photoperiod time measurement across taxa, as well as common and dissimilar approaches to the study of photoperiodism, and propose future directions in research on photoperiodic time measurement.

ISBN 0195335902   Pages 596 ISBN13 9780195335903 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc   Weight (grammes) 953 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc   Published in New York Format Hardback   Height (mm) 243 Publication date 25 Feb 2010   Width (mm) 164 Library of Congress 2008041919   Spine width (mm) 34 DEWEY 571.4552   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

Pt. 1		Photoperiodism in Plants and Fungi
		Overview by David E. Somers		3
1		Photoperiodic Flowering in the Long-Day Plant Arabidopsis thaliana by Joanna Putterill and Christine Stockum and Guy Warman		9
2		Photoperiodic Control of Flowering in the Short-Day Plant Oryza sativa by Takeshi Izawa		38
3		The Photoperiodic Flowering Response in Pharbitis nil by Ryosuke Hayama		59
4		Photoperiodic Control of Flowering in Lemna by Kumiko Ito-Miwa and Tokitaka Oyama		74
5		Photoperiodic Control of Dormancy and Flowering in Trees by Pekka Heino and Ove Nilsson and Tapio Paiva		88
6		Integration of Photoperiodic Timing and Vernalization in Arabidopsis by Scott D. Michaels		107
7		Seasonality and Photoperiodism in Fungi by Till Roenneberg and Tanja Radic and Manfred Godel and Martha Merrow		134
Pt. II		Photoperiodism in Invertebrates
		Overview by David L. Denlinger		165
8		Photoperiodism in Mollusks by Hideharu Numata and Hiroko Udaka		173
9		Photoperiodism in Copepods by Nancy H. Marcus and Lindsay P. Scheef		193
10		Photoperiodism in Insects: Migration and Diapause Responses by David S. Saunders		218
11		Photoperiodism in Insects: Perception of Light and the Role of Clock Genes by Shin S. Goto and Sakiko Shiga and Hideharu Numata		258
12		Photoperiodism in Insects: Molecular Basis and Consequences of Diapause by Karen D. Williams and Paul S. Schmidt and Marla B. Sokolowski		287
13		Photoperiodism in Insects: Effects on Morphology by H. Frederik Nijhout		318
14		Photoperiodism in Insects: Aphid Polyphenism by Jim Hardie		342
Pt. III		Photoperiodism in Vertebrates
		Overview by Randy J. Nelson		365
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This book brings together all the major players that have contributed studies over the past decade on how organisms perceive and respond to circadian clocks at the molecular biology and genetic levels. It is a major achievement of which the editors should be justly proud ... This is an important publication and I suspect will remain so for years to come. The Biologist

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