Botany 480
Algal Diversity and Evolution
General Information
- Instructor: Dr. Celia Smith
- Office: St. John 614A (956-6947)
- Lectures: M, W, F: 9:30 to 10:20 (St. John 603)
- Laboratory: M: 12:30 to 3:20 (St. John 603)
Lecture Topics
- Introduction to Evolution and Algae
- Cyanophyta
- Prochlorophyta and the Evolution of Eukaryotes
- Who are Prochlorophytes? Molecular Analyses
- Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
- Chlorophyta - Chlorophyceae
- Evolution of Life Cycles
- Chlorophyta - Ulvophyceae
- Chlorophyta - Ulvophyceae
- Modern Studies of Chlorophyte Evolution
- Chlorophyta - Charophyceae
- Green Algal Ecology
- Euglenophyta
- Exam 1
- Evolution of Land Plants and Seagrasses
- Photosynthesis in the Sea
- Phaeophyta - Ectocarpales
- Phaeophyta - Desmarestiales and Sphacelariales
- Phaeophyta - Dictyotales
- Phaeophyta - Laminariales
- Kelp Forest Ecology
- Phaeophyta - Fucales
- Modern Studies of Phaeophyte Evolution
- Bacillariophyta
- Bacillariophyta
- Bacillariophyta Ecology
- Chrysophyta
- Phaeophyta, Bacillariophyta and Ehrysophyta Evolution
- Dinophyta
- Dinophyta - Recent Toxin Studies
- Exam 2
- Phodophyta - Primitive Orders
- Rhodophyta - Transition orders
- Rhodophyta - Nemaliales
- Rhodophyta -Gelidiales and Cryptonemiales
- Rhodophyta - Gigartinales
- Rhodophyta - Rhodymeniales and Ceramiales
- Rhodophyta - Ceramiales continued
- Modern Studies of Rhodophyte Evolution
Disclaimer: This information has been obtained from the syllabus for the Spring 1995 class offering and is only partial information about the course. It is not an authorized syllabus and does not offer any guarantee that the course was taught according to this outline then or will be taught this way in the future. It is only intended for general planning.