Abstract
The suitability of mosses for the study of plant development and genetics has been appreciated for a considerable time [19]. Early studies extended to a number of species, including Funaria hygrometrica and Physcomitrella patens. More recent studies, using both classical and molecular genetic analysis to study development, have concentrated principally on Physcomitrella and most of the techniques described in this chapter have been developed for this species. However, some of these methods are suitable, with little modification, to other moss species, in particular to Ceratadon purpureus.
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Cove, D. (1996). In vitro culture, mutant selection, genetic analysis and transformation of Physcomitrella patens . In: Lindsey, K. (eds) Plant Tissue Culture Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0103-2_50
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