Difference between revisions of "Evolution of Green Plants"

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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 280 (lecture, 3 credits) [= new course number EEB 3320]<br><br></span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 280 (lecture, 3 cr)</span> [= new course # EEB 3320]<br><br>
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 280W (lecture, W, 4 credits)[= new course number EEB 3320W]<br><br></span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 280W (lecture, W, 4 cr)</span> [= new course # EEB 3320W]<br><br>
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 291 (lab, 1 credit)[= new course number EEB 3321]<br><br></span>
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 291 (lab, 1 cr)</span> [= new course # EEB 3321]<br><br>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 380 (graduate version)<br><br></span>
 
<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 380 (graduate version)<br><br></span>
 
<span style="font-size: large">Spring 2008<br><br></span>
 
<span style="font-size: large">Spring 2008<br><br></span>
''Lectures:'' T/TH 9:30-10:45 AM<br/><br/>
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''Lectures:'' T/TH 12:30-13:45 AM<br/><br/>
 
''Labs (for EEB 291 only):'' T 2-4:50 PM<br/><br/>
 
''Labs (for EEB 291 only):'' T 2-4:50 PM<br/><br/>
 
<pre>This course satisfies the plant diversity requirement for the EEB major.</pre>
 
<pre>This course satisfies the plant diversity requirement for the EEB major.</pre>

Revision as of 19:30, 20 September 2007

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


EEB 280 (lecture, 3 cr) [= new course # EEB 3320]

EEB 280W (lecture, W, 4 cr) [= new course # EEB 3320W]

EEB 291 (lab, 1 cr) [= new course # EEB 3321]

EEB 380 (graduate version)

Spring 2008

Lectures: T/TH 12:30-13:45 AM

Labs (for EEB 291 only): T 2-4:50 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

Selected Lecture Topics

  • Introduction to the major groups of green plants
  • Alternative theories to the origin of land plants
  • Introduction to plant life cycles
  • Morphological innovations of land plants
  • Evolution of sex in plants
  • Early land plants and the importance of fossils in phylogenetic reconstructions
  • Molecular biology of land plants
  • Land plant physiology: photosynthesis, evolution of hormones, flavonoids, desiccation tolerance