Botany 130

General Botany

Lecture Information

Spring, 2008

Current Lecturer:

Dr. Donna Fernandez

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

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Lecture Schedule

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9..10..11..12..13..14..15

Week 1, January 21 - 25

 Lecture Topic

 Reading Assignment

Martin Luther King Day

None

 Introduction

Introduction/ Chapter 1

Molecular Composition of Plant Cells

Ch. 2:15-27

Week 2, January 28 - February 1

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Membranes

Ch. 3: 35-41; Ch. 4: 77-78

The Plant Cell

Ch. 3: 46-58; Ch. 4: 81-83

Cellular transport/osmosis

Ch. 4: 71-81

Week 3, February 4 - 8

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Metabolism

Ch. 3: 44-46; Ch. 5: 89-101

Respiration

Ch. 6: 102-114

Photosynthesis

Ch. 7: 115-130

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Week 4, February 11 - 15

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

DNA

Ch. 9: 163-167

Gene Expression

Ch. 9: 167-174

Cell Reproduction

Cell reproduction, Ch. 3: 58-67

Week 5, February 18 - 22

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Exam I

(Material 1/23-2/13)

Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction

Ch. 8: 141-161

Genetics

Ch. 8: 141-161

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Week 6, February 25 - 29

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Genetic Engineering

Ch. 10: 180-183, 190-194

Plant Tissues

Ch. 23

Plant Tissues cont.

Ch. 23

Week 7, March 3 - 7

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Transport of water and ions

Ch. 30

Transport of food

Ch. 30

Environmental control: Seedling development

Ch. 28: 622-627, 629-634

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Week 8, March 10 - 14

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Plant hormones

Ch. 27: 603-615

EXAM 2 (Material from 2/14-3/10)

(Material 2/15-3/10)

Mineral nutrition

Ch. 29: 645-649, 653-660

Spring Break March 15 - 23

Week 9, March 24 - 28

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment & Web Notes

Introduction to 2nd half and review phylogenetic trees

Treethinking (On-line),
Ch. 12:219-227

Origin of life/Prokaryotic diversity

Ch. 13: 238-254

Origin of photosynthesis and endosymbiosis

Ch. 12: 227-230

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Week 10, March 31 - April 4

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment & Web Notes

Eukaryotes: overview of diversity

Ch. 12: 231-237, Ch. 15: 340-344

Fungi

Ch. 14: 260-295 (all)

Fungal symbioses/ Algal groups

Ch. 15: 296-326

Week 11, April 7 - 11

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Green algae/Invasion of land

Ch. 15: 327-340

Bryophytes/Overview land plants

Ch. 16: 345-367 (all)

Origin of vascular plants

Ch. 17: 368-380

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Week 12, April 14 - 18

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

EXAM 3

(Material 3/14-4/11)

Heterospory/ Fern life cycle

Ch. 17: 380-407
Seed plants/ Pine life cycle

Ch. 18: 408-433 (all)

Week 13, April 21 - 25

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Angiosperms

Ch. 19: 434-441

Angiosperm life cycle

Ch. 19: 442-451, Ch. 20: 452-456

Flowers and pollination

Ch. 20: 456-465

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Week 14, April 28 - May 2

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Fruits and seed dispersal

Ch. 20: 465-474

Crop domestication

Ch. 21: 475-487

Crop domestication/Evolution

Ch. 11: 198-217 (all)

Week 15, May 5 - 9

 Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Evolution

Review Treethinking,

Trophic levels/carbon cycle

Ch. 31: 1-7, Ch. 32: 1-7 (On-line)

Connections

Ch. 31: 8-13, review Ch. 2: 27-33, Ch. 20: 471-472, Ch. 21: 491-493

EXAM 4 (Material 4/16-5/9) 12:25-2:25 PM

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