Biology 206

Jeff YoungJanice Lapsansky

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Grading

Grades will be assigned on the basis of your performance on frequent quizzes and two exams in each of the two portions of the course (animal biology and plant biology), and your laboratory work, as follows:

Lecture exams and quizzes will consist of a mixture of multiple choice, fill-in, matching, concept mapping, and short essay questions.

Quizzes may be taken with a partner.

Scale

Final assignment of a course grade may include an adjustment of up to 1/3 of a grade (using + or - grading). Our use of this option will be based on a consistent and obvious pattern ofimprovement of your test scores during the quarter and/or our subjective evaluation of your attendance and participation in both lecture and lab. (Students who choose P/F as a grading option must achieve at least 74% to pass.)

Extra Credit

Course Schedule

Weeks ~1-5 Weeks ~5-10

Broad Course Goals

• Integrate knowledge gained in Biology 204 and 205,

– Ecology, Evolution and Diversity (systematics) (204),– Cell Biology (205).

• Understand how organisms are organized at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, whole organism, and mutualistic levels,

– Literate in the field (writing, listening, speaking)

– Analytical skills,

– Laboratory skills,

– Other?

Jeff Young, Botanistyoung@biol.wwu.edux3638Office: BI412

Arabidopsis thaliana

Genome-based study of plant physiology and environmental

responses.

Office Hours

M, W and F 2- 3 pm…by appointment.

“The instructions for assembling every organism on the planet--slugs and sequoias, peacocks and parasites, whales and wasps--are all specified in DNA sequences that can be translated into digital information and stored in a computer for analysis.”

- Eric Lander, Science 287 (2000)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?val=NC_000908

Complete Genomic Sequences

2001

9 ARCHAEAL

36 BACTERIAL

6 EUKARYAL

2003 (September)

16 ARCHAEAL

126 BACTERIAL

20 EUKARYAL

Fugu rubripes (Aug. 2002)Mus musculus (Dec. 2002)Yersinia pestis (Aug. 2002)

Homo sapiens (Feb. 2001)Anopheles gambiae (Oct. 2002)

Plasmodium falciparum (Oct. 2002)

60 - 70 % similarity in all eukaryotes.Flowering

Plants

Plants

* Phytoplanktons,* Algae,* Lichens,* Bryophytes,* Pteridophytes,* Gymnosperms.

Plant Biology and Other Fields

Plant BiologyPlant Biology

AgricultureAgriculture

PharmaceuticalsPharmaceuticals

GeneticsGenetics

MolecularCellular Biology

MolecularCellular Biology BiotechnologyBiotechnology

EcologyEcology

SystematicsSystematics

Plant PathologyPlant Pathology

HorticultureHorticulture

Basic vs. Applied Plant Biology

APPLIED

- Agronomy; Field Crops

- Horticulture (Ornamental, Fruits, Vegetables)

- Genetics and Plant Breeding

- Plant Pathology

- Soil Sciences

- Agricultural Microbiology (Bacteriology, Mycology, Fermentation etc)

- Agricultural Meteorology

- Agricultural Home Sciences

- Agricultural Engineering

- Agricultural Packaging

- Agricultural Economics

- Agricultural Management

- Entomology

- Plant Ecology

- Plant Biotechnology

- others...

BASIC

* Plant Physiology

- Transport, Nutrition, etc.

- Sensory Responses, etc.

- Circadian Rhythms,

- Growth and Development,

- Environmental Stress,

* Plant Biochemistry

- Photosynthesis,

- Plant Respiration,

- Secondary Metabolism,

* Plant Cell Biology

* Plant Molecular Systematics

* Plant-Microbe Interactions

Revolutionized by Genetics

and Genomics

OverviewDevelopmentDevelopment

AssimilationAssimilationBiology 206Plants

Biology 206Plants

ReproductionReproduction

TransportTransport

MorphologyGrowth and Differentiation

Responses to the Environment

PhotosynthesisMineral Nutrition

WaterSolutes

CarbohydratesGas Exchange Sexual

Asexual

Success is Easy

• Do the reading assignments before class,

– know the vocabulary,– don’t neglect the figures,

• Attend lectures,

• Listen to the lectures, look at the examples, think.

• Know the material,

– it’s easier to just learn it, than it is to try to guess, or divine your instructors intentions.

Jeff Young, Botanistyoung@biol.wwu.edux3638Office: BI412

Arabidopsis thaliana

Genome-based study of plant physiology and environmental

responses.

Office Hours

M, W and F 2- 3 pm…by appointment.