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BIO 230 -- PLANT BIOLOGY -- FALL 2013
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to plant biology, from the cell and molecular level to whole organisms and ecosystems. It is co-taught by a professor from the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and one from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB).
version 1.1 (3 Sept 2013)
Schedule: Lecture: 10:10–11:00 am Monday, Wednesday, USB 1250Discussion: 1:10–2 pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs (4 sections), USB 2131Lab: 2–5 pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs (same 4 sections), USB 2131
Instructors: Jianming Li, 4071B Kraus Nat. Sci. (MCDB Dept.), 763-4253jian@umich.edu office hours – 2:00-3:00 Tues & Thurs
or by appointment
Paul E. Berry, 2035B Kraus Nat. Sci. (EEB Dept.), 647-3689peberry@umich.edu office hours – 11:15-12 Mon & Wed
or by appointment
GSI’s Peter Widin (SNRE) office hour – TBA (or by appointment)pbwidin@umich.edu
Holly Andrews (EEB) office hour – TBA (or by appointment)andrewhm@umich.edu
Textbooks (available at Ulrich bookstore, amazon.com):
Mauseth, J. D. 2013 [as “2014”]. Botany: an introduction to plant biology, 5th edition. Jones and Bartlett Learning (ISBN: 978-1-4496-6580-7).
Lab manual/instructions available online in C-Tools
Grading:
Three lecture exams @ 100 pts each 300 ptsWeekly discussion periods: preparation and participation: 100 ptsLab exercises, reports, and quizzes 200 pts
Total: 600 pts
See C-Tools course web page for course-related material throughout the semester (will include additional readings, web links, and more information on assignments).
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Date Day Lecture Topic Discussion Lab
Sept 04
Wed 1 Introduction – Ch 1 &2
None this week No lab this week
Sept 09
Mon 2 Finish Ch 2 Intro to Chem
Lab Intro – PSN PSN 1
Sept 11
Wed 3 Ch 10 Photosynthesis
Sept 16
Mon 4 Ch 11 Respiration cancer drugs, anti-oxidants
PSN 2
Sept 18
Wed 5 Ch 12 Transport
Sept 23
Mon 6 Ch 3 &4 Cells & Cell Division
global warming, CO2 effect
PSN 3
Sept 25
Wed 7 Ch 4 & 5 Plant Cell Types and tissues
Sept30
Mon 8 Ch 14 Development, Hormones
Lab Intro – hormones
Hormones 1
Oct 02
Wed 9 Ch 14 Development, Hormones
Oct 07
Mon Exam 1 Exam 1 Biofuels Hormones 2
Oct 09
Wed 10 Ch 13 Soils, Mineral Nutrition
Oct 14
Mon Fall Study Break – no class
[No Discussion] [No lab]
Oct 16
Wed 11 Ch 15 Genes & Develop
Oct 21 Mon 12
Ch 15 Genes & Develop
GMO’s and genetic
engineeringHormones 3
2
Oct 23
Wed 13 Ch 16 Genetics & Evolution
Oct 28
Mon 14
Ch 25 & 19: Photosynthetic
prokaryotes, origins of eukaryotes
Photosynthetic animals
Algae & Cyanobacteria
Oct 30 Wed 15 Ch 19 Algae & life cycles
Nov 4 Mon 16 Ch 24 Fungi Symbioses & Pathogens
Fungi & Lichens
Nov 6 Wed 17 Ch 20 Bryophytes & Transition to Land
Nov 11 Mon Exam 2 Exam 2
Secondary metabolites in
plants
Bryophytes, Lycophytes, & Pteridophytes
Nov 13 Wed 18
Ch 21 Seedless vascular plants
Nov 18 Mon 19
Ch 7 & 8 Root-Shoot-Wood anatomy “Living fossils”
Plant Organs and their
Modifications Nov 2o
Wed 20 Ch 6 & 9 Leaf and Flower Anatomy
Nov 25
Mon 21 Ch 23 Angiosperms [No discussion] [No Lab]
Nov 27
Wed 22 Ch 22 Gymnosperms Thanksgiving
Dec 2 Mon 23Ch 18 Tree thinking:
Classification & Systematics
Visit to Matthaei Botanical Garden (no discussion)
Dec 4 Wed 24Ch 26 & 27:
Biodiversity and Conservation
Dec 09
Mon 25 Economic botany and Ethnobotany
[No discussion] [No Lab]
Dec 11 Wed Exam 3 Exam 3
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