Spring 2004: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-4 p.m.

Dr. Jan Gehring
Olin Hall 123 (or 109)
677-3017
jgehring@bradley.edu
Office hours by appointment or just drop-in

Order of topics

1. Course requirements
2. Why study plants?, pp. 12-13
3. Microevolution, pp. 235-247
4. Speciation and macroevolution, pp. 248-259
5. Taxonomy, pp. 261-264
6. Phylogenetically based classification, pp. 261-270
7. Cyanobacteria, pp. 270-271; 281-296
8. Evolution of photosynthesis, pp. 4-6
9. Endosymbiosis, evolution of eukaryotes and chloroplasts, pp. 272-274
10. Evolution of multicellularity, pp. 6-7
11. Life cycles, pp. 170-172
12. Ecology of the Algae, pp. 348-350
13. Euglenophyta, pp. 352
14. Rhodophyta (red algae), pp. 357-361
15. Dinophyta (=Pyrrophyta), 361-366
16. Chromophytes (=heterokonts, chromists), pp. 370-371; 375-383
17. Chlorophyta (green algae), pp. 383-399
18. Evolution of land plants (embryophytes), pp.6-9
19. Nonvascular plants, pp. 400-407
20. Hepatophyta (liverworts), pp. 407-412
21. Anthocerophyta (hornworts), p. 412
22. Bryophyta (mosses), pp. 412-422
23. Evolution and organization of vascular tissue, leaves and roots pp. 7-11; 424-31
24. Seedless vascular plants, pp. 431-435
25. Extinct seedless vascular groups, pp. 443; 456-457
26. Lycophyta (lycophytes, club mosses), pp. 435-443
27. Psilophyta, pp. 443-445
28. Sphenophyta (horsetails), pp. 445-449
29. Pterophyta (ferns), pp. 449-463
30. Evolution of seeds, pp. 467-470
31. Origin of gymnosperms and the evolution of wood, pp. 470-473
32. Coniferophyta, pp. 472-486
33. Cycadophyta, pp. 486-488
34. Ginkgophyta, pp. 488-490
35. Gnetophyta, pp. 490-492
36. Gymnosperm phylogeny
37. Angiosperms (flowering plants), pp. 495-515
38. Origin of the angiosperms
39. Angiopsperm phylogeny
40. Evolution of angiosperm diversity, pp. 522-553
41. Domestication and the origin of agriculture, pp. 823-
42. Effects of agriculture, pp. 835-838
43. Crop diversity, pp. 838-847
44. Genetically modified plants: pros and cons
45. Case studies

Late assignments
Assignments are due at the beginning of class.  If turned in late, you will loose a letter grade (i.e., 10% of possible points) each day (24-hr period).  If you can’t find me to turn in a late paper, give the assignment to Sheila in the Biology office and ask her to write the date and time on the paper and ask her to put it in my mailbox.

Grading
Final grades for the course will be assigned on a standard distribution: 90-100 (A), 80-89 (B), 70-79 (C), 60-69 (D), and below 60 (F).  Assignments/exams will be curved if necessary.

2 mid-term exams @ 100 points each (24 Feb & 1 Apr)	200 points
Saturday field trip to Missouri Botanical Garden	20 points
Homework assignments, lab worksheets, quizzes, papers,    oral presentations, etc.	130 points
Final exam	100 points
Total	450 points