Announcement

New Class Spring quarter 2013!

Instructor: Dr. Leslie Zeman

BIOL 360 Introduction to Cellular Anatomy Lecture M-W-F 9:30-10:20 Lab section A: T 9:30-12:20 Lab section B: W 12:30-3:20
You will learn to recognize and describe cells, tissue and organs; and to understand the colors, textures and architecture as clues to the function of the organs. This is a great introduction that integrates cellular anatomy, physiology, genetics and development in plants and animals.

Secretory hair of sundew (Droscera) leaf

Takato Imaizumi Office: HCK307 E-mail: takato@uw.edu Use GoPost (Catalyst) for course-related questions. Class expectations: Note-taking is expected. Read assigned pages before you come to class. PowerPoint slides will be posted to the website after lecture, so you can review the images shown in class. Class will be screencast, another opportunity to review the lectures. Participation in class is expected, so watching the screencast will not substitute for coming to class.

Schedule:

This weeks announcement: No instructor office hour tomorrow

What I study at UW: molecular seasonal calendar and clock Short day

With molecular genetic, biochemical and genomic approaches

Short day
(8 h L / 16 h D)

Long day
(16 h L / 8 h D)

Wild type

Mutant

Question #1 What do you think about plants?

PINK: Plants are amazing or interesting!

BLUE: Plants are not THAT important or I dont care about them. YELLOW: I dont really know about plants, so I dont have any idea.

What organisms do you see?

Plants are not always just in the background.

To learn about plants, we need to change our pace and our perspective.

Introduction what are plants?

In this class we will learn some of the answers to these questions. What are plants? How do plants grow? How do plants drink? How do plants get food? How do plants cope with environmental challenges? Can plants see and move? How do plants fight against pathogens and predators? How do plants reproduce?

Why study plants? Plants are unique in that they use energy from sunlight along with other chemical elements for growth. photosynthesis This process (called _____________________) provides the worlds food and energy supply. Our life completely depends on plants. From plants, we get: Food ____________ Plants: autotroph Oxygen ____________ self-feeding ____________ Clothing (cotton fiber) Us: heterotroph Medicine, perfume, cosmetics (secondary metabolites) ____________ Wood (materials for furniture and house) Plants, just like us: have genes, and are made of cells, tissues and organs. respire and use energy to grow and reproduce. possess transport systems and hormones. can move (though grounded). can reproduce sexually. possess defense mechanisms to fight off pathogens (virus, bacteria, and fungi) and herbivores.

In this weeks lab You will examine representatives from four major plants groups. Aim: learn plant diversity dichotomous branching Non-vascular plants Seedless vascular plants (mosses, liverworts) (ferns, lycophytes)

Seed plants Gymnosperms

Asexual reproduction Gammea

Angiosperms Monocots
ovule

Eudicots

ovary

Plant structures shoot Plant structures can be divided into two main systems:__________ and root __________ . Both systems are necessary for photosynthesis. Photosynthesis reaction: glucose 6 CO2 + 12 H2O + light energy C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O Cuticles waxes Prevent water loss Block pathogens light CO2 Sugar O2, H2O CO2 H2O Nutrients (K, N, P) To exchange gases

O2, H2O

Question #2 Plants that have very thin cuticles will suffer growing most PINK: in rainy Seattle BLUE: in hot Tucson YELLOW: in hot New Orleans
Crassula ovata

Important characteristics of plants: Plant growth and development are changeable or plastic, depending on the environmental conditions. Lakecress (Neobeckia aquatica)

Important characteristics of plants:

Phenotypic plasticity

Plant growth and development are changeable or plastic, depending on the environmental conditions.

Light energy

Low

High High Water evaporates from stomata Transpiration

Low Water loss Stomata open in daytime

Question #3 Many plants have stomata on both the upper and lower sides of leaves. Do you think they have more stomata on one of the sides (which one?) or are they the same?
PINK: about the same number on both sides BLUE: more on the lower side YELLOW: more on the upper side
Marram grass

Characteristics of sun and shade leaves Shade

Thinner Less developed palisade mesophyll Often more chlorophyll Sun

Sun or shade?

Palisade mesophyll Photosynthesis

Sponge mesophyll
Gas exchange