COURSE SCHEDULE: (Spring 2012)

Lectures are held from 11:00-11:50 AM, M/W/F, in Physics P240A
Lab meets W or Th afternoon from 1:10-5:00 PM in B219

Lecture handouts and powerpoint files are available from the Courses AFS Server

 

Date
 Lecture
Reading*
Laboratory
Jan 23
Jan 25
Jan 27
Evolutionary perspective
Species concept(s) for plants
Species concept(s) for plants

Rieseberg & Willis (2007); Mayr (1992)
 
Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
(PLANT FAMILIES I)
Jan 30
Feb 1
Feb 3

Species concept(s) for plants
Reproductive isolation
Reproductive isolation

Kephart & Heiser, Jr. (1980); Broyles, et al. (1996)
 
Phylogeny reconstruction:
Data collection
(PLANT FAMILIES II)
Feb 6
Feb 8
Feb 10
Evolution of RI
Evolution of RI
Modes of speciation


Phylogeny reconstruction:
Data collection
(PLANT FAMILIES III)
Feb 13
Feb 15
Feb 17
Modes of speciation
Hybridization and introgression
Hybridization and introgression
Phylogeny reconstruction:
Cladistics (PAUP & MacClade)
(PLANT FAMILIES IV)
Feb 20
Feb 22
Feb 24
Hybridization and introgression
EXAM I
Polyploidy 

Phylogeny reconstruction:
Cladistics (PAUP & MacClade)
(PLANT FAMILIES V)
Feb 27
Feb 29
Mar 2
Polyploidy
Genetics of species differences
Genetics of species differences


Sexual dimorphism of Indian Plum
(PLANT FAMILIES VI)
Discussion: Independent Projects
Mar 5
Mar 7
Mar 9
Origins of the Plant Kingdom
Land Plant diversification
Alternation of generations: homospory


Density and sex-expression in ferns
(PLANT FAMILIES VII)
Mar 10-18
SPRING BREAK
Mar 19
Mar 21
Mar 23
Reproduction: free-sporing plants
Reproduction: free-sporing plants
Heterospory & origin of seeds


FIELD TRIP: Lacamas Park, WA
***Independent Project proposals due in Lab***
Mar 26
Mar 28
Mar 30
Heterospory & origin of seeds
Reproduction: seed plants
Special Lecture: library resources



PLANT FAMILIES: quiz
Independent Projects:
consultation
Apr 2
Apr 4
Apr 6
EXAM II
Reproduction: flowering plants
Seed plant gametophytes


Independent Projects:
Apr 7
(SATURDAY)
FIELD TRIP: COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
Apr 9
Apr 11
Apr 13
Flowering plant origins
Mating system diversity & evolution
Mating system diversity & evolution


Independent Projects:
Apr 16
Apr 18
Apr 20
Outcrossing mechanisms
Outcrossing mechanisms
Self-fertilization


 
 

Independent Projects:
Apr 23
Apr 25
Apr 27
Asexual reproduction
Populations and neighborhoods
Flowering plant dominance
 
 
Independent Projects:
presentations in lab
May 8
(6PM - 9PM)
EXAM III


*ASSIGNED READING

Readings from the research literature will be assigned for each topic and linked on the Reading page, supplemented by optional reading from the folllowing book which is on 2-hour reserve in the Library:
    Briggs, D., and S. M. Walters. 1997. Plant variation and evolution, third edition. Cambridge University Press, NY.
For the laboratory there is also a recommended text:
    Zomlefer, W. R. 1994. Guide to flowering plant families. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.