974-9201, nebenfuehr(at)utk.edu, Hesler Biology 240, office hours: by appointment
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23
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Aug | Introduction + Overview of Plant Development | |
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28
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Aug | Classical Hormonology | |
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30
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Aug | Cell Walls and Cell Growth | |
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4
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Sept | MT-PM Attachment -- Paper Discussion | |
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6
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Sept | Cell Growth - Acid Growth Hypothesis |
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11
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Sept | SAURs
and PP2C-Ds -- Paper Discussion |
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13
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Sept | Auxin
Perception |
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18
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Sept | Auxin Perception (ABP1)-- Paper Discussion | |
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20
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Sept | Auxin
Receptors and Signaling |
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25
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Sept | Auxin and Chromatin -- Paper Discussion | |
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27
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Sept | Auxin
Transport |
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2
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Oct | Regulation of Auxin Flux -- Paper Discussion | |
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4
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Oct | no class - Fall Break | |
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9
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Oct | Tropisms |
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11
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Oct | Light
Responses, Photomorphogenesis |
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16
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Oct | Photomorphogenesis -- Paper Discussion | |
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18
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Oct | Shoot Apical Meristem | |
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23
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Oct | ? -- Paper Discussion |
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25
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Oct | Circadian Clock |
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30
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Oct | Clock and Growth -- Paper Discussion | |
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1
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Nov | Flowering Signals |
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6
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Nov | Vernalization and Flowering -- Paper Discussion | |
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8
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Nov | Flower Development | |
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13
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Nov | Inflorescence Development -- Paper Discussion |
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15
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Nov | Stomatal Development |
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20
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Nov | Stomata, ERECTA, VST -- Paper Discussion |
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22
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Nov | no class - Thanksgiving | |
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27
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Nov | lecture | |
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29
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Nov | Genomics
and Evolution |
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4
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Dec | Evolution of Flower Size -- Paper Discussion | |
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6
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Dec | Exam (8:00 - 10:00) | |
Please note: This schedule may change during the semester. Updates will be announced in class and also posted here.
Class Structure: Lectures and discussions of recent publications from the primary literature. The emphasis is on mechanisms of development and the experimental approaches used to elucidate them.
Textbook: There will not be a textbook for this class. Instead we will use reviews and research papers as our reading material. For those who would like to refresh their plant physiological background, I recommend the following books (in order of preference):
Paper Discussions: Recent publications from the primary literature will be assigned for reading followed by an in-class discussion. Students will receive questions together with the papers that need to be handed in (homework).
523 Grading: Grades will be based on (1) class participation, (2) homework assignments, (3) comprehensive final exam.
623 Grading: Grades will be based on (1) class participation, (2) homework assignments, (3) term paper (short review on a development-related topic), (4) comprehensive final exam.
Last updated on 181009.