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[[Image:EquisetumSperm.png|thumb|right|''Scanning electron micrograph of Equisetum sperm cells. Image by K. S. Renzaglia (http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/Sphenophyta/sphenophyta.html).'']]
 
[[Image:EquisetumSperm.png|thumb|right|''Scanning electron micrograph of Equisetum sperm cells. Image by K. S. Renzaglia (http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/Sphenophyta/sphenophyta.html).'']]
<span style="font-size: x-large">Spring 2012</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">Spring 2014</span><br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3220 </span> (3 cr)<br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3220 </span> (3 cr)<br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3220W </span> (W, 4 cr)<br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 3220W </span> (W, 4 cr)<br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 5220 </span> (graduate, 3 cr)<br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 5220 </span> (graduate, 3 cr)<br><br>
 
 
''Lectures:'' T/TH 12:30-13:45 in Torrey Life Sciences (TLS) 301<br/>
 
''Lectures:'' T/TH 12:30-13:45 in Torrey Life Sciences (TLS) 301<br/>
  
EEB3221 (lab) students: [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evolution_of_Green_Plants_Lab To lab home page.]<br/><br/>
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<font color="#FF3300">  Most course materials will be available on HuskyCT (beginning sometime Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014).</font><br/><br/>
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== Instructor Contact Information ==
 
== Instructor Contact Information ==
<span style="font-size: large">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Louise_A._Lewis Louise A. Lewis] Associate Professor<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: large">[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Louise_A._Lewis Louise A. Lewis] Professor<br/></span>
 
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/>
 
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebwww/ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology]<br/>
 
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/>
 
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building<br/>
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voice: +1 860-486-5290<br/>
 
voice: +1 860-486-5290<br/>
 
email: [mailto:bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu]<br/><br/>
 
email: [mailto:bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu]<br/><br/>
 
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Where are our offices? BioPharmacy building, N end of building touching TLS, around the corner from elevator (Dr. Lewis is on the 2nd floor and Dr. Goffinet on the 3rd). If you come from TLS and go up the stairs, enter floor and take hallway on your left.
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== Syllabus ==
 
== Syllabus ==
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Syllabus2012.pdf}} Download EEB3220 course Syllabus (requires password) for info on grading and course policies.<br/>
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See the HuskyCT site for these.<br>
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/EEB3220W2012.pdf}} EEB3220W students: Download instructions (requires password) prior to our first W meeting <br/><br/>
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==Textbook and readings==
 
==Textbook and readings==
Textbook: Willis and McElwain (2002): The evolution of plants. Oxford University Press. Additional readings from the primary literature will be assigned to some lectures through links in the schedule below.
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There is no formal textbook for this course. We will be using newly published books (available as e-books from the Uconn library) as well journal articles.
<B> This material (textbook and papers) is considered part of the lecture material and must be read for the midterm and final exams.</B>
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<B> The assigned reading material is considered required reading.</B>
  
 
==<font color="#FF3300">Announcements</font>==
 
==<font color="#FF3300">Announcements</font>==
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* Watch This: [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/wuis-mhc020410.php Moss helps chart the conquest of land by plants]<br/>
 
* Watch This: [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/wuis-mhc020410.php Moss helps chart the conquest of land by plants]<br/>
 
* Learn more about the Rhynie Chert at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/intro.htm</br>
 
* Learn more about the Rhynie Chert at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/intro.htm</br>
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==Schedule==
 
==Schedule==
  
Notes: downloads require password; best viewed in Adobe Reader.
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Note: this is a tentative schedule. See the HuskyCT site for the latest.
  
 
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|T 1/17/12 || Introduction  || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Assignment1lifecycle.doc}} Assignment1lifecycle.doc    ||Goffinet
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|T 1/21/14    || Course overview & Plants: their importance in past and present ecosystems    ||           || Lewis
 
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|Th 1/19/12||Before land plants and introduction to Green Algae || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Assign2.Spring2012.pdf}}Assignment 2    ||Lewis
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|Th 1/23/14    || Macroevolutionary tree of green plants, and ancestors to land plants  ||           || Lewis
 
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|T 1/24/12|| Introduction to Green Algae, continued || <b>Assignment 1 Due (at start of class)</b>  ||Lewis
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|T 1/28/14    || Fossilization                  ||             || Goffinet
 
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|Th 1/26/12|| Transition to land ||       ||Goffinet
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|Th 1/30/14  || Partners in the colonization of land, I          ||           || Goffinet
 
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|T 1/31/12|| Succeeding on land: “earliest” embryophytes ||       ||Goffinet
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|T 2/4/14      ||   Partners in the colonization of land, II    ||             || Lewis
 
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|Th 2/2/12|| Conquering land: early Polysporangiophytes ||     ||Goffinet
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|Th 2/6/14    || Challenges to the transition to land         ||             || Lewis
 
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|T 2/7/12|| Moving up: the origin of vascular plants ||   <b>Assignment 2 Due (at start of class)</b>                  ||Goffinet
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|T 2/11/14    ||   Interpreting phylogenetic trees              ||             || Lewis
 
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|Th 2/9/12|| Branching out ||       ||Goffinet
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|Th 2/13/14  || Early land plants: advances and challenges to diversification on land, I  ||     || Goffinet
 
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|T 2/14/12|| Morphological adaptations to water loss ||                 ||Goffinet
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|T 2/18/14    || Early land plants: advances and challenges to diversification on land, II    ||      || Goffinet
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|Th 2/20/14  ||  Photosynthesis in earliest land plants        ||            ||  Lewis
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|T 2/25/14  || Evolution of the vascular body, I                  ||           || Goffinet
 
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|Th 2/16/12|| Physiological desiccation tolerance ||                         ||Lewis
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|Th 2/27/14  || Evolution of the vascular body, II                ||           || Goffinet
 
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|T 2/21/12|| Evolution of organellar genomes ||                           ||Lewis
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|T 3/4/14    || Evolution of photosynthetic organs              ||             || Goffinet
 
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|Th 2/23/12|| Evolution of lignin and stomata || Teale Seminar: Sir Peter Crane, 4PM, Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center        ||Goffinet
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|Th 3/6/14  || Evolution of stomata and cuticle                  ||             || Lewis
 
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|T 2/28/12|| Developmental tool kit||                             ||Goffinet
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|T 3/11/14  || Physiological desiccation tolerance    ||   || Lewis
 
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|Th 3/1/12|| Homology and phylogenetic data||                             ||Lewis
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|Th 3/13/14 || Midterm exam (through lectures 1-13  ||   ||
 
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|T 3/6/12||Midterm exam (through 2/28 lecture)    ||    ||
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|T 3/18/14  || Spring Break
 
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|Th 3/8/12|| Phylogeny of early embryophtyes - limitations, uncertainties ||    ||Lewis
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|Th 3/20/14 || Spring Break
 
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|T 3/13/12||Spring Break
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|T 3/25/14  || Endospory and heterospory    ||          || Lewis
 
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|Th 3/15/12||Spring Break
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|Th 3/27/14 || Origin of seed plants            ||            || Lewis
 
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|T 3/20/12|| Divergence dating, integration of fossils ||                     ||Lewis
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|T 4/1/14 || Origin of flowers    ||             || Goffinet
 
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|Th 3/22/12|| Partners in the conquest of land ||                                   ||Lewis
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|Th 4/3/14 || A fundamental developmental toolkit of plants      ||             ||   Goffinet
 
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|T 3/27/12|| Evolution of leaves ||     W&E Ch. 4         ||Goffinet
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|T 4/8/14 || Genome evolution in land plants: introduction    ||          || Goffinet
 
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|Th 3/29/12|| Making cones          ||     W&E Ch. 4          ||Goffinet
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|Th 4/10/14 || Diversification of angiosperms    ||   || Lewis
 
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|T 4/3/12||Origin of seed plants, fossils, climate     || W&E Ch. 5      ||Goffinet
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|T 4/15/14 || Diversification of grasses and photosynthetic innovations     ||     || Lewis
 
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|Th 4/5/12|| Origin of seed plants, fossils, climate || W&E Ch. 5      ||Goffinet
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|Th 4/17/14 || Genome evolution in land plants             ||     Attend EEB seminar @ 4PM by Wickett    || Goffinet
 
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|T 4/10/12||Origin of flower, fossils, etc. || W&E Ch. 6  ||Lewis
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|T 4/22/14  || Organellar genome evolution                    ||         || Goffinet
 
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|Th 4/12/12|| Origin of flower, fossils, etc. || W&E Ch. 6  ||Lewis
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|Th 4/24/14  || The rise and fall of land plant lineages: patterns in the diversification of land plants    ||       ||   Goffinet
 
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|T 4/17/12||Diversification of grasses, photosynthesis || W&E Ch. 7 ||Lewis
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|T 4/29/14  || Grad presentations ||  ||
 
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|Th 4/19/12|| Diversification of grasses, photosynthesis ||  W&E Ch. 7 ||Lewis
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|Th 5/1/14  ||  Grad presentations ||   ||
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|T 4/24/12||Phylogeny, dating, homology||||Lewis
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|Th 4/26/12|| Phylogeny, dating, homology & Presentations by EEB 5220 Students ||        ||
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 21 January 2014

Scanning electron micrograph of Equisetum sperm cells. Image by K. S. Renzaglia (http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/Sphenophyta/sphenophyta.html).

Spring 2014

EEB 3220 (3 cr)

EEB 3220W (W, 4 cr)

EEB 5220 (graduate, 3 cr)

Lectures: T/TH 12:30-13:45 in Torrey Life Sciences (TLS) 301

Most course materials will be available on HuskyCT (beginning sometime Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014).


Instructor Contact Information

Louise A. Lewis Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 200 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-6723
email: louise.lewis@uconn.edu

Bernard Goffinet Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
office: 300 Pharmacy/Biology Building
voice: +1 860-486-5290
email: bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu

Where are our offices? BioPharmacy building, N end of building touching TLS, around the corner from elevator (Dr. Lewis is on the 2nd floor and Dr. Goffinet on the 3rd). If you come from TLS and go up the stairs, enter floor and take hallway on your left.

Syllabus

See the HuskyCT site for these.

Textbook and readings

There is no formal textbook for this course. We will be using newly published books (available as e-books from the Uconn library) as well journal articles. The assigned reading material is considered required reading.

Announcements

Schedule

Note: this is a tentative schedule. See the HuskyCT site for the latest.

Date Topic Reading / Assignment Prof.
T 1/21/14 Course overview & Plants: their importance in past and present ecosystems Lewis
Th 1/23/14 Macroevolutionary tree of green plants, and ancestors to land plants Lewis
T 1/28/14 Fossilization Goffinet
Th 1/30/14 Partners in the colonization of land, I Goffinet
T 2/4/14 Partners in the colonization of land, II Lewis
Th 2/6/14 Challenges to the transition to land Lewis
T 2/11/14 Interpreting phylogenetic trees Lewis
Th 2/13/14 Early land plants: advances and challenges to diversification on land, I Goffinet
T 2/18/14 Early land plants: advances and challenges to diversification on land, II Goffinet
Th 2/20/14 Photosynthesis in earliest land plants Lewis
T 2/25/14 Evolution of the vascular body, I Goffinet
Th 2/27/14 Evolution of the vascular body, II Goffinet
T 3/4/14 Evolution of photosynthetic organs Goffinet
Th 3/6/14 Evolution of stomata and cuticle Lewis
T 3/11/14 Physiological desiccation tolerance Lewis
Th 3/13/14 Midterm exam (through lectures 1-13
T 3/18/14 Spring Break
Th 3/20/14 Spring Break
T 3/25/14 Endospory and heterospory Lewis
Th 3/27/14 Origin of seed plants Lewis
T 4/1/14 Origin of flowers Goffinet
Th 4/3/14 A fundamental developmental toolkit of plants Goffinet
T 4/8/14 Genome evolution in land plants: introduction Goffinet
Th 4/10/14 Diversification of angiosperms Lewis
T 4/15/14 Diversification of grasses and photosynthetic innovations Lewis
Th 4/17/14 Genome evolution in land plants Attend EEB seminar @ 4PM by Wickett Goffinet
T 4/22/14 Organellar genome evolution Goffinet
Th 4/24/14 The rise and fall of land plant lineages: patterns in the diversification of land plants Goffinet
T 4/29/14 Grad presentations
Th 5/1/14 Grad presentations

Links

"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/