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Revision as of 19:20, 21 December 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 380 (graduate version)
Spring 2008
Lectures: T/TH 12:30-13:45 PM
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
