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− | | Tu 05 Feb || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lecture5.pdf}} Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) || GO VOTE! | + | | Tu 05 Feb || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/greenplants/restricted/Lecture5.pdf}} Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) || GO VOTE! <br/> Watch This: |
+ | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGDLzWcvnU movie of bryophyte gametes]|| LL | ||
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| Th 07 Feb || continued || Assignment #1 due at start of class <br/>Reading: || LL | | Th 07 Feb || continued || Assignment #1 due at start of class <br/>Reading: || LL |
Revision as of 15:42, 5 February 2008
EEB 280 (3 cr, new #3320)
EEB 280W (W, 4 cr, new #3320W)
EEB 380 (graduate, 3 cr, new #3220)
Spring 2008
Lectures: T/TH 12:30-13:45 PM
Lectures are in Atwater 001
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 (updated Jan. 21)
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 22 Jan | Introduction to course; importance of a land flora; paleoclimate | Assignment #1 (due 07 Feb) |
LL |
Th 24 Jan | Aquatic green algal diversity, phylogeny, and photosynthetic physiology | Reading: Chapters 1&2 in Graham (1993) Origin of Land Plants -- provided in class at 1st meeting | LL |
Tu 29 Jan | Land plant lineage: history and diversity | Reading: McCourt et al. 2004 Optional Reading: Overview of CCM in algae |
LL |
Th 31 Jan | Algal and land plant life cycles | Assignment #2 (due 12 Feb) Reading: Graham et al. 2000 |
LL |
Tu 05 Feb | Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) | GO VOTE! Watch This: | |
Th 07 Feb | continued | Assignment #1 due at start of class Reading: |
LL |
Tu 12 Feb | Groups present results of Assignment #2 | Assignment #2 due | |
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 (through 04 March material) | ||
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) | Assignment #3: 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 |