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Collett, H. Shen, A., Gardner, M., Farrant, J.M., Denby, K.J., Illing, N. 2004 Towards transcript profiling of desiccation tolerance in Xerophyta humilis: Construction of a normalized 11 k X. humilis cDNA set and microarray expression analysis of 424 cDNAs in response to dehydration.  Physiollogia Plantarum Vol. 122: 39-53

(In particular, Table 1. Dehydration-upregulated genes identified in microarray and reverse Northern blot analysis, and Table 2. Functional Classification of dehydration-responsive genes, Fig 4. Comparison of functional representation of dehydration-upregulated genes identified in Arabidopsis, rice and X. humilis.)

Oliver, M.J., Tuba, Z., Mischler, B.D. 2000. The evolution of vegetive desiccation tolerance in land plants.  Plant Ecology Vol 151:85-100.

(Fig. 1 and Fig 2 – showing phylogenies with an emphasis on desiccation tolerant mosses and vascular plants)

Oliver, M.J., Dowd, S.E., Zaragoza, J., Mauget, S.A. and Payton, P.R. 2004 The rehydration transcriptome of the desiccation-tolerant bryophyte Tortula ruralis: transcript classification and analysis.  BCM Genomics Vol. 5(89) http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/5/89

(Table 1: Thirty most abundant transcripts in the Tortula rehydration library)

Porembski, S. Barthlott, W. 2000. Granitic and gneissic outcrops (inselbergs) as centers of diversity for desiccation-tolerant vascular plants.  Plant Ecology Vol151:19-28.

Rascia, N, La Rocca, N. 2005 Resurrection Plants: The Puzzle of Surviving Extreme Vegetative Desiccation.  Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences Vol 24: 209-225.

(In particular, Figure 4 Scheme of the different strategies used by resurrection plants to survive vegetative desiccation provides an excellent summary overview of the various processes plants employ in desiccation tolerance.)

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