COURSE SCHEDULE:   Spring 2022

Lectures are held from 11:10 AM -12:00 PM, M/W/F, Eliot 314
Lab meets  W from 1:25-5:15 PM or Th from 1:40-5:30 PM in B219

 Lecture handouts and powerpoint slides (PDFs) available on Google shared drive: Biology Department Resources

Date Lecture
Reading* Laboratory
Jan 24
Jan 26
Jan 28		 Evolutionary perspective
Populations genetics
Species concept(s) for plants

see separate tab for assigned Readings

Introduction to Plant Taxonomy & Evolutionary Mechanisms
(computer: PopG and PopBio)
Jan 31
Feb 2
Feb 4		 Species concept(s) for plants
Species concept(s) for plants
Reproductive isolation
 		 Phylogeny reconstruction I:
  Introduction to analysis methods (PAUP & Mesquite
(PLANT FAMILIES I)
Feb 7
Feb 9
Feb 11		 Reproductive isolation
Reproductive isolation
Quiz 1; begin Evolution of RI		   Phylogeny reconstruction II:
  cpDNA & morphology data collection
(PLANT FAMILIES II)
Feb 14
Feb 16
Feb 18		 Evolution of RI
Evolution of RI
Modes of speciation		  

Phylogeny reconstruction III:
 DNA Sequence Analysis & Phylgeony Estimation
(PLANT FAMILIES III)
Feb 21
Feb 23
Feb 25		 Modes of speciation
Modes of speciation
Quiz 2; begin Hybridization		 Phylogeny reconstruction IV:
wrapping up - phylogeny & character analysis
(PLANT FAMILIES IV)
Feb 28
Mar 2
Mar 4		 Hybridization & introgression
Hybridization & introgression
Polyploidy		   Sexual dimorphism in Indian Plum
(PLANT FAMILIES V)
Mar 7
Mar 9
Mar 11		 Polyploidy
Genetics of species differences
Genetics of species differences		   Sex expression in ferns
(PLANT FAMILIES VI)
Discussion: Independent Projects
Mar 14
Mar 16
Mar 18		 Quiz 3
Plant Kingdom origins
Reproduction: free sporing plants		  

FIELD TRIP: Lacamas Park, WA
Independent Projects: 
consultation
Mar 21-25 SPRING BREAK
Mar 28
Mar 30
Apr 1		 Heterospory & the origin of seeds
Reproduction: seed plants
Seed plant gametophytes		  


***Independent Project: consultaiton & experimental design
Apr 4
Apr 6
Apr 8		 Quiz 4; Reproduction: flowering plants
Reproduction: flowering plants
Mating system: diversity & evolution		  
PLANT FAMILIES: quiz
Wednesday key
Thursday key

Independent Projects: data collection
Apr 9
(SATURDAY)		 FIELD TRIP: COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE
Apr 11
Apr 13
Apr 15		 Mating system: evolutionary theory
Mating system: evolutionary theory
Mating system diversity & evolution		   Independent Projects: data collection
Apr 18
Apr 20
Apr 22		 Quiz 5; Outcrossing mechanisms
Outcrossing mechanisms
Self-fertilization

 

 Independent Projects: data analysis
Apr 25
Apr 27
Apr 29		 Asexual reproduction
Flowering plant dominance
Flowering plant dominance		   Independent Projects:
presentations in lab
May 9
(1 PM-4 PM)		 Quiz 6


*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 books which are on 3-hour reserve in the Library:
    Briggs, D, & SM Walters. 1997. Plant variation and evolution, third edition. Cambridge University Press, NY, NY.
    Judd et al. 2016. Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, 4th ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc, Sunderland, MA

For the laboratory there is also a reference text:
    Zomlefer, WR. 1994. Guide to flowering plant families. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.