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Botany 130

General Botany

Lecture Information

Spring, 2012

Current Lecturer: Dr. Hiroshi Meada

Text: Raven, Evert and Eichhorn: Biology of Plants, 7th edition

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January 

Date

Topic

Readings

January 23 Introduction To be announced
January 25 Plant Diversity /Plant sand People To be announced
January 27 Molecular Composition of Plant Cells To be announced
January 30 Plant Cell Structure To be announced

February

Date

Topic

Readings

February 1 Movement of Molucules in and out of cells To be announced
February 3 Movement of Molucules in and out of cells To be announced
February 6 Energy flow and enzyme action To be announced
February 8 Respiration To be announced
February 10 Respiration To be announced
February 13 Photosynthesis To be announced
February 15 Photosynthesis To be announced
February 17 Mineral nutrition To be announced
February 20 Mineral nutrition To be announced
February 22 Exam I

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February 24 DNA and gene expression To be announced
February 27 Cell division and mitosis To be announced
February 29 Sexual reproduction and meiosis To be announced

March

Date Topic Readings
March 2 Genetics To be announced
March 5 Genetics To be announced
March 7 Cells and tissues of the plant body To be announced
March 9 Cells and tissues of the plant body To be announced
March 12 Water and solute movement in plants To be announced
March 14 Plant development and hormones To be announced
March 16 Plant development and hormones To be announced
March 19 Exam II

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March 21 Origin of life/ Prokaryote diversity To be announced
March 23 Patterns of evolution / Tree thinking To be announced
March 26 Evolution To be announced
March 28 Photosynthesis and endosymbiosis To be announced
March 30 Overview of diversity of eukaryotes To be announced


Spring Break

April 2 - 6


April

Date

Topic

Readings

April 9 Fungi To be announced
April 11 Fungal sybioses/ Algae To be announced
April 13 Green algae/ Invasion of land To be announced
April 16 Bryophytes/ Land plants To be announced
April 18 Exam III

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April 20 Origin of vascular plants To be announced
April 23 Heterospory/ Fern life cycle To be announced
April 25 Seed plants/ Pine life cycle To be announced
April 27 Angiosperms To be announced
April 30 Angiosperm life cycle To be announced

May

Date

Topic

Readings

May 2 Flowers andf pollination To be announced
May 4 Fruits and seed dispersal To be announced
May 7 Trophic levels/ carbon cycle To be announced
May 9 Crop domestication To be announced
May 11 Connections To be announced
May 15 Exam IV

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