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+ | | Th 17 Apr || EEB Seminar: Dr. Monique Turmel (Univ. Laval) | ||
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+ | | Tu 22 Apr || Land plants return to water and algae move to land (again) || Assignment #3 due<br/>Reading: || LL | ||
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+ | | Th 24 Apr || Graduate student presentations | ||
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Revision as of 20:55, 21 December 2007
EEB 280 (3 cr, new course # EEB 3320)
EEB 280W (W, 4 cr, new course # EEB 3320W)
EEB 380 (graduate, 3 cr, new course # EEB 3220)
Spring 2008
Lectures: T/TH 12:30-13:45 PM
This course satisfies the plant diversity requirement for the EEB major.
Contact Information
Louise A. Lewis Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-6723
email: louise.lewis@uconn.edu
Bernard Goffinet Associate Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 300 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-5290
email: bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu
Schedule (Tentative, as of Dec. 21)
Date | Topic | Assignment | Prof. |
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Tu 22 Jan | Introduction to course; importance of a land flora; paleoclimate | Assignment #1 given (due 29 Jan) | LL |
Th 24 Jan | Aquatic green life (green algal diversity and photosynthetic physiology) | Reading: | LL |
Tu 29 Jan | Land plants: history and diversity | Assignment #1 due Reading: |
LL |
Th 31 Jan | Charophyceae – life cycle of plants | Reading: | LL |
Tu 05 Feb | Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) | Reading: | LL |
Th 07 Feb | continued | Reading: | LL |
Tu 12 Feb | Groups present results of Assignment #2 | Reading: | |
Th 14 Feb | Land plant physiology (carbon acquisition in an oxygen-rich world) | Reading: | LL |
Tu 19 Feb | Land plant physiology (cuticle, desiccation tolerance) | Reading: | LL |
Th 21 Feb | Characterization of embryophytes: matrotrophy | Reading: | BG |
Tu 26 Feb | Microfossils | Reading: | BG |
Th 28 Feb | Macrofossils | Reading: | BG |
Tu 04 Mar | Reproductive biology of land plants | Reading: | BG |
Th 06 Mar | Land plant developmental tool kit (gene duplication, etc.) | Reading: | BG |
Tu 11 Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
Th 13 Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
Tu 18 Mar | Midterm Exam | ||
Th 20 Mar | Hormones | Reading: | BG |
Tu 25 Mar | Gametangia | Reading: | BG |
Th 27 Mar | Evolution of branching | Reading: | BG |
Tu 01 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
Th 03 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
Tu 08 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
Th 10 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
Tu 15 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
Th 17 Apr | EEB Seminar: Dr. Monique Turmel (Univ. Laval) | ||
Tu 22 Apr | Land plants return to water and algae move to land (again) | Assignment #3 due Reading: |
LL |
Th 24 Apr | Graduate student presentations | ||
29 Apr | Reading: | LL |