Evolution of Green Plants
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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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22 Jan | Introduction to course; importance of a land flora; paleoclimate | Assignment #1 given (due 29 Jan) | LL |
24 Jan | Aquatic green life (green algal diversity and photosynthetic physiology) | Reading: | LL |
29 Jan | Land plants: history and diversity | Assignment #1 due Reading: |
LL |
31 Jan | Charophyceae – life cycle of plants | Reading: | LL |
05 Feb | Phylogeny of green plants (phylogeny, tree features, characters, homology, homoplasy, etc.) | Reading: | LL |
07 Feb | continued | Reading: | LL |
12 Feb | Groups present results of Assignment #2 | Reading: | |
14 Feb | Land plant physiology (carbon acquisition in an oxygen-rich world) | Reading: | LL |
19 Feb | Land plant physiology (cuticle, desiccation tolerance) | Reading: | LL |
21 Feb | Characterization of embryophytes: matrotrophy | Reading: | BG |
26 Feb | Microfossils | Reading: | BG |
28 Feb | Macrofossils | Reading: | BG |
04 Mar | Reproductive biology of land plants | Reading: | BG |
06 Mar | Land plant developmental tool kit (gene duplication, etc.) | Reading: | BG |
11 Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
13 Mar | SPRING BREAK | ||
18 Mar | Midterm Exam | ||
20 Mar | Hormones | Reading: | BG |
25 Mar | Gametangia | Reading: | BG |
27 Mar | Evolution of branching | Reading: | BG |
01 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
08 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
15 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
22 Apr | Reading: | LL | |
29 Apr | Reading: | LL |