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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 380 </span> (graduate, 3 cr, new course # EEB 3220)<br><br> | <span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 380 </span> (graduate, 3 cr, new course # EEB 3220)<br><br> | ||
− | <span style="font-size: large">Spring 2008 | + | <span style="font-size: large">Spring 2008</span> |
''Lectures:'' T/TH 12:30-13:45 PM<br/><br/> | ''Lectures:'' T/TH 12:30-13:45 PM<br/><br/> | ||
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| Tu 29 Jan || Land plants: history and diversity || Assignment #1 due<br/>Reading: || LL | | Tu 29 Jan || Land plants: history and diversity || Assignment #1 due<br/>Reading: || LL | ||
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− | | Th 31 Jan || Charophyceae – life cycle of plants || Reading: || LL | + | | Th 31 Jan || Charophyceae – life cycle of plants || Assignment #2 given (due 12 Feb)<br/>Reading: || LL |
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| Tu 05 Feb || Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) || Reading: || LL | | Tu 05 Feb || Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) || Reading: || LL |
Revision as of 21:18, 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 | Assignment #2 given (due 12 Feb) 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 | Assignment #2 due Reading: |
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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 | Evolution of conducting cells | Reading: | BG |
Th 03 Apr | Sporophyte dehiscence | Reading: | BG |
Tu 08 Apr | Plant-fungi interactions | Reading: | BG |
Th 10 Apr | Genome evolution (cp size reduction, gene transfer to nucleus) | Reading: | LL |
Tu 15 Apr | Genome evolution (parasitic taxa) | Reading: | LL |
Th 17 Apr | EEB Seminar, 4 PM: Dr. Monique Turmel (Univ. Laval) | All students attend the seminar and write short summary; 380 students also meet with Dr. Turmel during class. | |
Tu 22 Apr | Land plants return to water and algae move to land (again) | Reading: | LL |
Th 24 Apr | Graduate student presentations | Assignment #3 due |
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Tu 29 Apr | Graduate student presentations | ||
Th 01 May | Graduate student presentations | ||
Tu 06 May | Final Exam 3:30-5:30 PM | TENTATIVE, as of Dec. 20th Office of Registrar’s calendar |