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Revision as of 18:22, 4 January 2010
Spring 2010
EEB 280 (3 cr, new #3320)
EEB 280W (W, 4 cr, new #3320W)
EEB 380 (graduate, 3 cr, new #3220)
Spring 2010
Lectures: T/TH 12:30-13:45 in TLS 301
Labs: T 14:00-16:50 in TLS 115
Download a general course Syllabus (requires password)
Download EEB280W instructions (requires password)
To lab home page.
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
Textbook and readings
There is no official text book. Instead, you will be assigned readings from the primary literature to go with the lectures.
Schedule (Tentative)
Notes: downloads require password; best viewed in Adobe Reader (some problems with the MAC "Preview" program).
Date | Topic | Assignment | Prof. |
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Tu 19 Jan | Extant land plants: diversity and ecological significance | BG | |
Th 21 Jan | Extant land plants: diversity and ecological significance | BG | |
Tu 26 Jan | Aquatic ancestors to land plants | LL | |
Th 28 Jan | Life cycles of green plants, meiosis, mitosis | LL | |
Tu 02 Feb | Bryophytes, Ferns and other seed-free vascular plants | LL | |
Th 04 Feb | Gymnosperms, Angiosperms | LL | |
Tu 09 Feb | Phylogenetic trees | LL | |
Th 11 Feb | Group presentations | ||
Tu 16 Feb | Developmental tool kit: genome evolution | BG | |
Th 18 Feb | Genome reduction note: EEB seminar - Doug Soltis |
LL | |
Tu 23 Feb | Hormones | LL | |
Th 25 Feb | Plant:fungal interactions | BG | |
Tu 02 Mar | Fossilization | BG | |
Th 04 Mar | Evolution of key characters I: stomata, cuticle | BG | |
Tu 09 Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
Th 11 Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
Tu 16 Mar | Midterm Exam (100 points) (through 06 March material) | ||
Th 18 Mar | Evolution of key characters II: conducting cells, sporophyte dehiscence | BG | |
Tu 23 Mar | Reproductive biology of land plants | BG | |
Th 25 Mar | Microfossils | BG | |
Tu 30 Mar | Extinct ferns | BG | |
Th 01 Apr | EEB seminar: Paul Strother / Q&A on his paper | ||
Tu 06 Apr | Seeds and flowers | BG | |
Th 08 Apr | EEB seminar: Kathleen Pryer / Q&A on her paper | ||
Tu 13 Apr | Desiccation tolerance | LL | |
Th 15 Apr | Photosynthesis in an oxygen-rich world | LL | |
Tu 20 Apr | Phylogeny of land plants: character sources, inferences | LL | |
Th 22 Apr | Phylogeny of land plants: inferences, data conflicts | LL | |
Tu 27 Apr | Graduate student presentations | ||
Th 29 Apr | Time tree of evolution of land plants, wrap up | BG/LL | |
?? May | Final Exam (100 points on new material, 25 points comprehensive. Will include questions about the graduate student presentations.) |
Links
- Watch This: movie of bryophyte gametes
"Whitish smoke in the movie are small droplets containing smreps (deliberate misspelling of word for male gametes).
The smreps in the droplets are still un-motile. When touch the
water, they begin to swim. In our experiments, misting with water is
trigger of the explosion. If antheridia were mature, the explosion
begin within few minutes. The event continued about for 10 min.
Intense light for video recording also seems to accelerate the
phenomenon. Each antheridia is deeply sunk in a cavity of
antheridiophore and there is a very small pore on the top of each
cavity. Swollen cells of surrounding tissue might cause the pressure
force. Cavers (1903) and Muggoch & Walton (1942) also discussed about the mechanism, but, I think no one examined about the detail mechanism of the phenomenon.
In Hiroshima, the season of mreps dispersal is Spring (April to May).
In our field observation, we detected many airborne smreps in the
sunny day after rain shower.
I do not have detail data about how many species of liverworts have
airborne mreps. At least, Asian species of Conocephalum (C.
japonicum) do in the same manner." M. Shimamura
Shimamura, M., Yamaguchi, T. & Deguchi, H. 2008.
Airborne sperm of Conocephalum conicum (Conocephalaceae). J. Plant
Res. 121: 69-71.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/fl2105h6428366m3/