Biology 206

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Biology 206

• Jeff Young

Janice Lapsansky
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A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory,
Van De Graaff and Crawley
Jeff's Page
Lab Page
Janice's Page
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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.
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Scale
Extra Credit

• 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.)

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Course Schedule
Weeks 1-5
Weeks 5-10
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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?

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Jeff Young, Botanistyoung_at_biol.wwu.edux3638Offi
ce BI412
Office Hours M, W and F 2- 3 pm by
appointment.
Arabidopsis thaliana Genome-based study of plant
physiology and environmental responses.
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• 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
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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)
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Plants
Phytoplanktons, Algae, Lichens,
Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms.
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Plant Biology and Other Fields
Agriculture
Genetics
Ecology
Plant Biology
Horticulture
Pharmaceuticals
Molecular Cellular Biology
Biotechnology
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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

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Overview
Morphology Growth and Differentiation Responses
to the Environment
Biology 206 Plants
Water Solutes Carbohydrates Gas Exchange
Photosynthesis Mineral Nutrition
Sexual Asexual
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Success is Easy

• Do the reading assignments before class,
• know the vocabulary,
• dont neglect the figures,
• Attend lectures,
• Listen to the lectures, look at the examples,
  think.
• Know the material,
• its easier to just learn it, than it is to try
  to guess, or divine your instructors intentions.

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Jeff Young, Botanistyoung_at_biol.wwu.edux3638Offi
ce BI412
Office Hours M, W and F 2- 3 pm by
appointment.
Arabidopsis thaliana Genome-based study of plant
physiology and environmental responses.