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BOT Botany Courses SCI199Y1 Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a breadth requirement course; see page 44. BIO150Y1 (See "Biology") JMB170Y1 Applications of mathematics to biological problems in
physiology, biomechanics, genetics, evolution, growth, population dynamics, cell biology,
ecology and behaviour. BOT202Y1 The continuing impact of new scientific technologies on
society through changes in agriculture, industry and the economy. Plant domestication,
genetic resource conservation, biological invasions, environmental pollution, global
warming, genetic engineering and biotechnology. Evaluation of the social implications of
advances in modern plant science. JBS229H1 (See "Biology") ENV234Y1 (See "Division of the Environment") BIO250Y1 (See "Biology") BOT251Y1 Structure and physiology of plants, fungi, and bacteria.
Emphasizes the similarities and differences among organisms in their response to the
environment. Observational and experimental laboratories focus on the relationships
between structure and physiology. BIO260H1 (See "Biology") BOT299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 44 for details. BOT300H1 The theoretical foundations of taxonomy and the types of
evidence used in constructing plant classifications. Practicals emphasize taxonomic
characters and their uses. Includes an independent taxonomic project. BIO301H1 (See "Biology") BOT301H1 Taxonomy, ecology, physiology, genetics, and importance to
man. Techniques of isolation, identification, and manipulation. BIO302H1 See Biology BIO303H1 See Biology BIO306H1 See Biology BOT307H1 Variation in morphology, predominant breeding systems,
dispersal syndromes, and other features between families of vascular plants in the Ontario
flora are examined. Students learn key characteristics for identification of important
families of ferns, fern allies, conifers and flowering plants. BIO308H1 See Biology BOT310H1 Evolution of vegetative and reproductive morphology of land
plants is examined. Lecture topics cover evolution of meristems, shoot architecture and
vascular tissue as well as evolution of the land plant life cycle, the ovule habit, double
fertilization and pollination biology. BIO319H1 See Biology BIO321H1 See Biology BOT322Y1 The process of photosynthesis: chloroplast structure and
development of light-harvesting systems, comparison of photosynthetic carbon fixation
pathways, photorespiration, lipid and protein metabolism, structure and organization of
the plant genome. BIO323H1 See Biology BOT323H1 Transport of substances across plant and animal cell
membranes. Elementary concepts of biophysics and bioenergetics combined to give a common
framework for understanding the physiology of membrane transport in plants and animals.
The course includes tutorials and lab demonstrations. BIO324H1 See Biology BIO328H1 (formerly BOT328H) See Biology BOT340H1 Developmental processes in plants at the molecular, cellular
and organ level. Pattern formation and cell-cell communication during embryogenesis, root
development, meristem formation, flower development and cell differentiation, with an
emphasis on current research using developmental mutants. BOT341H1 The microscopic structure of plants with emphasis on the
characteristics of cells and tissues, how they are formed from plant meristems and how
they function in transport, photosynthesis, transpiration, absorption, and reproduction. JLM349H1 See Biology BIO351Y1 See Biology BOT351H1 Basic and applied aspects of plant disease with emphasis on
understanding how the biology of plant-pathogen interactions allows the development of
disease management strategies with minimum environmental impact. Weekly lab practicals
provide training in common techniques of "agricultural microbiology" and
plant-pathogen interactions. BIO359H1 See Biology BOT360H1 Introduction to the display and analysis of multivariate data
from museum, field, and controlled environment studies in botany and forestry. Emphasis on
the use of microcomputers to solve applied and multivariate problems. BIO370H1 See Biology BOT398H0/399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 44 for details. BOT404H1 The biology of microscopic, non-parasitic fungi. The
physiological and structural characteristics of moulds that allow them to locate, occupy
and consume nutrient substrates in the face of environmental stresses and competition from
other organisms. Techniques for assessing mould activities in natural and human
environments. (Offered in alternate years) BOT405H1 Biology of the fungal parasites of plants, other fungi,
invertebrates and vertebrates (other than humans), and those involved in mutualisms such
as mycorrhizae, lichens and foliar endophytism. Stress is laid on the physiological and
structural features that characterize parasitic and mutualistic fungi and distinguish them
from saprotrophs such as moulds and yeasts. (Offered in alternate years) BOT421H1 Advanced plant metabolism in relation to primary and
secondary bisynthetic processes. Developments in metabolism of acetate, mevalonate,
aromatic amino acid and compounds of mixed biosynthetic origin in relation to cell
structure and function. BIO428H1 See Biology BOT434H1 (formerly JBF434H) 26S BIO440H1 See Biology BOT452Y1 Structural, genetical, physiological, molecular and
biochemical aspects of the interactions between higher plants and parasitic or mutualistic
bacteria and fungi; conceptual and mechanistic aspects of specificity and recognition.
(Offered in alternate years) BOT458H1 This course introduces students to major features of gene
organization and expression in plants. Particular emphasis is placed on the regulation of
chloroplast gene expression, interactions between the nuclear and chloroplast genomes,
regulation of gene expression in response to environmental stress and biotechnological
strategies for improving crop yields. BIO459H1 See Biology BIO460H1 See Biology BOT460Y1/461H1 TBA MGB460H1 (see Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology) BOT462Y1/463H1 TBA BIO465H1 (formerly BIO395H) See Biology BIO469Y1 See Biology BIO470H1 See Biology BIO471H1 See Biology BIO494Y1 See Biology BIO495Y1 See Biology BIO496Y1 See Biology |
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