BIOL 519 - Plant Development and Physiology

Spring (4) Staff. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 304.

An investigation of major topics in plant biology, emphasizing hormone signaling and post-embryonic development, and the use of genetic, molecular genetic, histological, biochemical and molecular systematics approaches to elucidate major outstanding questions. The accompanying lab introduces students to model plant systems and a range of molecular genetic, histological and systematics techniques.