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Botany Courses
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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 40. BIO150Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology JMB170Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology 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 Life Sciences: Biology ENV234Y1 See "Division of the Environment" BIO250Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology BOT251Y1 An introduction to the biology of plants, fungi and algae. Diversity of forms, reproductive patterns, structure and physiology are emphasized. Laboratories demonstrate major species groups and the relationship between structure and function of plants. BIO260H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BOT299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 40 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. BOT301H1 Systematics, ecology, physiology, and genetics. Role in the environment and importance to man. Techniques of isolation, identification, and manipulation. BIO302H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO303H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO305H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO306H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO307H1 See Life Sciences: 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 Life Sciences: 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 Life Sciences: Biology BIO321H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO323H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO324H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO328H1 See Life Sciences: 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. (Note: BOT340H1 will not be offered in 2004-2005) 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. BIO349H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BOT350H1 Laboratory methods used in plant molecular biology research. Topics include vector construction, plant transformations, PCR, DNA blots, high-throughput screens, genetic mapping, and bioinformatic analyses. BIO351Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO359H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO365H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO370H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BOT398H0/399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 40 for details. BOT404H1 The biology and identification of microscopic 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. 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. BIO428H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO440H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BOT450H1 This course introduces students to proteomics and metabolomics approaches, such as mass spectrometry, structural biology, 2D gel electrophoresis, in understanding the regulation of metabolic pathways in plants. 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 Life Sciences: Biology BIO460H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BOT460Y1/461H1 A research project, requiring the prior consent of a member of the Department to supervise the project. The topic is to be agreed on by the student and supervisor before enrolment in the course; they must also arrange the time, place, and provision of any materials. Written and oral reports are required. Normally open only to fourth-year students with adequate background in Botany. MGY460H1 See "Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology" BOT462Y1/463H1 Selected research/lecture topics in plant sciences offered to advanced students. Students completing a second research project may not be supervised by their BOT460Y1/461H1 faculty sponsor. BIO465H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO469H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO470H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO471H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO472H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO473H1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO482Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO494Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO495Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology BIO496Y1 See Life Sciences: Biology |
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