Quiz 2 study guide and Quiz 1 answer keys
25 Jan 2017The study guide for quiz 2 is now available. The answer key for quiz 1 is also available. All quiz guides and answer keys will be posted in the quiz section.
The study guide for quiz 2 is now available. The answer key for quiz 1 is also available. All quiz guides and answer keys will be posted in the quiz section.
The study guide for quiz 1 is now available. All quiz guides and answer keys will be posted in the quiz section.
Every week you will be submitting a summary for each assigned paper. To make this easy, we’re going to use Google docs. Please create a document titled “biol415-firstname_lastname” and share it (including editing) with me (dr.gregory.l.owens[at]gmail.com). Write all your summaries in this document, do not create a new document each week. I will comment and grade within the document itself.
You do not need to email me when you are finished, I will mark the document after the deadline has passed. If your assignment is going to be late and isn’t finished by the deadline, write a note in your document saying so. For example, write “NOT DONE” beside the header.
This class has two major goals. The first goal is to gain a better understanding of how plants evolve. This is an important topic. Plants provide the food we eat, the oxygen we breathe, the homes that shelter us, the clothes we wear, and many of the drugs that protect us from disease. Plants mitigate pollution, lessen climate change, contribute to healthy watersheds, control erosion, provide habitat for animals, and add beauty to the places we live. Thus, there is considerable incentive for understanding their origin and diversification. The second goal is to make the transition from textbook learning to learning from the scientific literature. We believe in total immersion, so there will be no textbook for this class. All readings will be from refereed journal publications. To ease the transition, we will employ a lecture/discussion format and focus on high-profile case studies and/or reviews of important topics in plant evolution. Our emphasis will be the evolution of land plants, of which approximately 300,000 species are extant today.
Grades will be based on preparedness as demonstrated by your paper summaries/discussion points, on your participation in class, and on the proposed experiments. There will also be short bi-weekly quizzes on lecture material to encourage you to review and synthesize important information and concepts. There will be a 10% penalty for each day an assignment is late or awaiting revision.
See the syllabus for the weekly readings.
Arnold ML. 1997. Natural Hybridization and Evolution. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Arnold ML. 2006. Evolution through Genetic Exchange. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Beebee T, Rowe G. 2004. An Introduction to Molecular Ecology. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Briggs D, Walters SM. 1997. Plant Variation & Evolution, 3rd Edition. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
Clausen J. 1961. Stages in the Evolution of Plant Species. Harper Publishing Company, New York.
Conner JC, Hartl DL. 2004. A Primer of Ecological Genetics. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA
Coyne JA, Orr HA. 2004. Speciation. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Dieckmann U, Doebeli M, Metz JAJ, Tautz D. 2004. Adaptive Speciation. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
Ellstrand NC. 2003. Dangerous Liaisons? When Cultivated Plants Mate with the Wild Relatives. John Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore.
Falk DA, Holsinder KE. 1991. Genetics and Conservation of Rare Plants. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Freeland JR. 2005. Molecular Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.
Gavrilets S. 2004. Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species. Princeton.
Grant V. 1971. Plant Speciation. Columbia Univ. Press, New York.
Grant V. 1975. Genetics of Flowering Plants. Columbia Univ. Press, New York.
Hancock JF. 2012. Plant evolution and the origin of crop species. CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA.
Harder LD, Barrett SCH. Eds. 2006. Ecology and Evolution of Flowers (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Howard DJ, Berlocher SH, Eds. 1998. Endless Forms: Species and Speciation. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Iwatsuki K, Raven PH & Bock WJ, Eds. 1986. Modern Aspects of Species. Univ. Tokyo.
Judd JA et al., Eds. 2002. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA.
Lewis WH, Ed. 1980. Polyploidy: Biological Relevance. Plenum
Levin DA. 2000. The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Levin DA. 2002. The Role of Chromosomal Change in Plant Evolution. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Lowe A, Harris S, Ashton P. 2004. Ecological Genetics: Design, Analysis, and Application. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
Lynch, M. 2007. The Origins of Genome Architecture. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA.
Niklas KJ. 1997. The Evolutionary Biology of Plants. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago.
Soltis DE et al. 2005. Phylogeny and Evolution of of Angiosperms. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, MA.
Stebbins GL. 1950. Variation and Evolution in Plants. Columbia Univ. Press, New York.
Stuessy TF, Ono M. 2007. Evolution and Speciation of Island plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Thompson JN. 2009. The Coevolutionary Process. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Willis KJ, McElwain JC. 2002. The Evolution of Plants. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.
Young A, Boshier D, Boyle T, Eds. 2000. Forest Conservation Genetics. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.