OXYGEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL-STRESS IN PLANTS - AN EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT

Authors
HENDRY GAF
Citation
Gaf. Hendry, OXYGEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL-STRESS IN PLANTS - AN EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B: Biological sciences, 102, 1994, pp. 155-165
Citations number
57
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B: Biological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
02697270
Volume
102
Year of publication
1994
Pages
155 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-7270(1994)102:<155:OAEIP->2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Contemporary plant species show a wide range of responses to oxidative attack. Much of this variation may reflect the different environmenta l selective pressures operating at different geological periods over t he course of angiosperm evolution. Evidence is provided to show that t he wide range of contemporary responses to oxidative stress may direct ly reflect the persistence of genes controlling free radical processes under environments of the past.