Biology 336 - Fall 2008

Upon completion of this class, you should be able to do the following:

1. Ability to understand morphological descriptions

2. Ability to differentiate mitosis and meiosis figures and determine chromosome numbers

3. Ability to evaluate distributional data

4. Ability to construct a data matrix from morphological, chemical, DNA, RFLP raw data

5. Ability to analyze data from all of the above

6. Ability to synthesize the above into a coherent solution to: What are the relationships of the taxa involved? What are their ranks? Ability to support your answer.

8/26 Introduction p. 3-16
8/28 Introduction p. 3-16
9/2 Cladistics p. 17-48
9/4 Class Exercise
9/9 Cladistics p. 17-48
9/11 Cladistics p. 17-48
9/16 Nomenclature p 511-519
9/18 TEST
9/23 Evidence / morphology p. 348-406
9/25 Pollination p. 453-462
9/30 Anatomy p. 409-436
27 Embryology p. 437-452
10/2 Reproductive Biology p. 465-472
10/7 Class Exercise
10/9 TEST
10/14 Chromosomes p. 472-473
10/16 Molecular p. 477-491
10/21 Molecular p. 477-491
10/23 Molecular p. 477-491
10/25 Molecular p. 477-491
10/30 Class Exercise
11/4 Species
11/6 Species
11/11 Species
11/13 TEST
18 Reading
20 Reading
25 Phylogeny reconstruction
27 Holiday
29 Fossils p. 162-173
12/4 Angiosperm relations p. 173-181
6 Angiosperm relations p. 173-181
16 Final 8:00 AM

Text: Plant Systematics. Michael Simpson 2006.

Office Hours: 9-9:30 Tue & Thur Starcher 301. 777-4678 or Montgomery 125

Grading: This is a 4 credit class. Half of your time will be spent in lab and half in lecture.

Tests - 100 pts each

Final - 200 pts

Plant Collection 50 collection numbers at 2 pts each. 100 pts. 20 due Sep 25th, 20 due Oct 21st, 10 due Nov 18th by 4:30 PM

Lab Quizzes @5 pts each (two larger quizes may be substituted @ 25 pts each)

Two non-ID labs will also carry ~10 pts each.

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Revised August, 2008