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).

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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

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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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