You can find our syllabus on Welcome to Biol416 - Syllabus. Here I show our schedule.
Schedule:
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1 |
29 Sept |
Lecture and discussion: Course Introduction; Why study plants? Case Study: Domestication and Floral Development |
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2 |
4 Oct |
Lecture and discussion: Genetics and Mutagenesis, Case Study: Domestication and Floral Development |
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6 Oct |
Lecture and discussion: Genetics and Mutagenesis, Case Study: Domestication and Floral Development Continued |
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3 |
11 Oct |
Lecture and discussion: Genetics and Mutagenesis, Case Study: Domestication and Floral Development Continued |
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13 Oct |
Greenhouse tour (meet at the LSB greenhouse) |
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4 |
18 Oct |
Lecture and discussion: Genetics and Mutagenesis, Case Study: Domestication and Floral Development Continued |
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20 Oct |
Lecture and discussion: Genetic Engineering of Plants, Genetic problems: Forward vs. Reverse Genetics | |
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5 |
25 Oct |
Lecture and discussion: Plant Hormones |
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27 Oct |
Group presentation |
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6 |
1 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plant Hormones |
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3 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plant Hormones |
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7 |
8 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plant Hormones |
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10 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plant Hormones |
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8 |
15 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: Photomorphogenesis |
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17 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plotomorphogenesis |
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9 |
22 Nov |
Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plotomorphogenesis |
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24 Nov |
Thanksgiving Day (holiday) |
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10 |
29 Nov |
Student individual presentation (1) |
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1 Dec |
Student individual presentation (2) |
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11
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6 Dec | Lecture and discussion: New Findings in Plotomorphogenesis |
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8 Dec (9 Dec) |
Review session: what we learned throughout this class Take-home exam |
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Finals |
12/Dec |
No exam |