Biology 336

PLANT BIOLOGY

Fall 2005

 

Instructor: Richard Whitkus

Office: Schultz 3064

Office Hours: T11-12, W 2:15 –3:15

e-mail: whitkus@sonoma.edu

 

Lecture: T, R 8:00 – 9:15 Stevenson 3072

Laboratory: R 9:20 – 12:10 Module 300A

 

Text:  Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, 3rd edition, (Mauseth)

 

Grading:  4 exams (15%, 15%, 15%, 15%), 2 reviews (10%, 10%), laboratory work (20%)

 

Section

Week

Topic

Text Chapters

 

Aug 25

Introduction  

 

I. Plant Structure & Development

Aug 30

Macromolecules  

2(29-43)

Sep 1

Plant cell structure I   PP

3

Sep 6

Plant cell structure II: Membrane structure and function        PP

3; 12(343-351)

Sep 8

Plant cell structure III: Endomembrane system PP

3

Sep 13

Plant cell structure IV: Cytoskeleton, cell wall  PP

3

Sep 15

Plant cell reproduction    PP

4(90-101, 107-110)

Sep 20

Review

 

Sep 22

Cells and tissues of primary plant body   PP

5(114-125)

Sep 27

EXAM

 

Sep 29

Origin of the plant body       PP

9(259-262)

Oct 4

Primary growth – apical meristems

 

Oct 6

Roots      PP

7

Oct 11

Stems      PP

5

Oct 13

Leaves      PP

6

Oct 18

Secondary growth     PP

8

II: Plant

Diversity

Oct 20

Overview of diversity      PP

18(535-538, 548-549)

Oct 25

EXAM     Review

 

Oct 27

Prokaryote to eukaryote, algae       PP

19(575-578) 21(617-627)

Nov 1

Green algae       PP

21(632-645)

Nov 3

Transition to land     PP

23(682-685)

Nov 8

Bryophytes         PP

22(655-676)

Nov 10

Early land plants     PP

22(676-678) 23(682-692)

Nov 15

EXAM (moved to Nov. 22)

 

Nov 17

Seedless vascular plants     PP

23(692-716)

Nov 22

Evolution of the seed: gymnosperms 

24(720-728, 740-742)

Nov 24

THANKSGIVING

 

Nov 29

Gymnosperm diversity   PP

24(728-740, 742-748)

Dec 1

Angiosperm origins and diversity   PP

25(751-760)

Dec 6

Angiosperm reproduction     PP

9(244-2659, 262-263)

Dec 8

Trends in land plant evolution - Review

 

 

Dec 13

FINAL EXAM – 8:00 am

 

 

LABORATORY EXERCISES

 

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