Evolution of Green Plants

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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 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