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Eukaryote systamatics UCMP Berkeley
Lecture |
Lab | Assignments | Date |
| Introduction to the course | No lab | Read Chapter 1 Evolution of Plants p. 1-6 and p. 9-12 |
2/4 |
Lecture 1- Chapter 12 Part 1 Intro to Botany |
Safety and Emergency Microscope and Bacteria |
Read Chapter 12 Major Groups of Organisms p.227- 228 Origin of the Eukaryotes p. 229- 231 The Eukaryotic Kingdoms p. 231-235 |
2/8-2/11 |
Lecture 2- Chapter 13
Lecture 3- Chapter 14 Fungi
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Presidents Day No Lab |
2/15-2/18 | |
Finish Fungi and Exam #1 on 2/25 |
Black mold Fungi Lichens |
Exam #1 Test Chapters 1, 12, 13 and 14 |
2/22- 2/25 |
Chapter 15 |
Point Lobos Field trip |
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3/1-3/4 |
Lecture 5-chapter 15 and 16 Chapter 15 Algae and slime mold continu and Chapter 16 Bryophytes
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Slime mold, Euglenoids Algea |
3/8-3/11 | |
Lecture 6- Chapter 17 Seedless Vascular Plants |
Liverworts and Mosses |
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3/15-3/18 |
| Exam #2 on 3/25 | Ferns, Horsetails | Exam #2 (ch. 15, 16 and 17) | 3/22-3/25 |
| Lecture 7- Chapter 18 Gymnosperms | Vascular plants Plant seed for lab |
3/29-4/1 | |
| SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
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4/5-4/10 |
Lecture 8- Chapter 19 Angiosperm |
4/12- 4/15 | ||
Lecture 9- Chapter 20 Evolution of Angiosperm
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Naked seed-Gymnosperm- pines and cycads
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Schedule your Prestentation!!! |
4/19-4/22 |
| Lecture 10- Chapter 22 Early Development of the Plant Body | Angiosperm- Flowering plants Evolution of Flowers
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4/26-4/29 |
| Lecture 11- Chapter 27 Regulating growth & Development | Fruits and Fruit Development Tuesday 5/4 Exam #3 |
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5/3-5/6 |
| Lecture 12- Chapter 28 External factors and Growth | Roots, Stems and Leaves Student Presentations |
5/10-5/13 | |
| Lecture 13- Chapter 29 Plan Nutrition | Lab project 27 and 29 Growth regulators, Inorganic Nutrients | Short Answer questions for the Final questions from last exams that may be on the final Know Lab topic #29 Inorganic nutrient requirement pg. 29-2 Key to plant-nutrient deficiency symptoms and Table 29-1 Exam #1 Does the similarity of a particular feature reflect inheritance from a common ancestor or does it reflect adaptation to similar environments? Explain using examples given during lecture. Identify Phylums for polyporus, morels, toadstools, portobella, shelfungus, fairy rings, rhizopus (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Zygomycota) Exam #2 In what ways are dinoflagellates and euglenoids similar? Why is it difficulty to classify these organisms on the basis of the mechanisms by which they obtain food? Identify organisms in this phylum list- Phylum Dinoflagellates, Euglenoids, Oomycota, Phaeophyta, Chlorophyta, Myxomycota, Hepatophyta, Bryophyta, Lycopodiophyta, and Pteridophyta Exam #3 Describe the evolutionary trends among flowers and how animals serve as the primary agents of floral evolution. Know the families for the following plants: Pea, Poppy, Buttercup, Parsely, Mustard, Capsule, Achene, Cypsela, Legume (Brassicaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Papaveraceae and Ranunculaceae) |
5/17-5/20 |
| No lab | Final Exam
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5/24-5/27 |
