Plant Biology (BIOL 2204)
This course examines the classification, systematics, structure and function, evolutionary origins, adaptational trends, and ecological roles of plants.
Course code: BIOL 2204
Credits: 4.0
Tuition: $0
Length: 120.0 hours
Course outline:
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Prerequisites
BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1200 both with a C+. No schedule is currently available. Please check again later.
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- Evolutionary origin of plants, speciation, mutation, natural selection, and adaptation
- Hardy-Weinberg principle
- Plant ecology including nutrient cycling, competition, adaptations for dispersal, biodiversity, extinction, and conservation
- Plant cells (structure, function, growth, and division)
- Plant body (cell and tissue types, shoots and roots, primary structure and development, secondary growth)
- Major plant groups including nonvascular plants, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms emphasizing phylogenetic relationships and morphological characteristics
- Energy metabolism in plants including the multiple pathways of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
- Transport of water, minerals, and sugars through the plant body
- Plant nutrition (and alternate nutritional modes), growth, and development
- Plant reproduction including sexual and asexual
- Recombinant DNA technology, genomics, and plant biotechnology
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
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