BIOL576 ADVANCED PLANT SYSTEMATICS
| Course Code: | 2380576 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Biology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. MUSA DOĞAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students are expected to gain basic knowledge and skills necessary for assessing the degree of biological variation in plants. The main objective of this course is to explain in detail the nature of Plant Systematics and its practices in modern terms. Students who are already familiar with plant biology from their undergraduate curriculum are intended to get aquented with the sophisticated techniques which are widely used in plant diversity assessment studies
Course Content
The basis of plant taxonomy; cytogenetics; phytogeography, structural botany biosystematics and evolutionary theory, causes of plant variation, nomenclature, ecotypes, genetic isolation and hybridization, modes of speciation, breeding systems in plant populations and modern techniques in plant systematics. Extensive field and herbarium studies.
Course Learning Outcomes
Learn the key concepts of Plant Systematics
Explain the causes of plant variation, nomenclature, ecotypes, genetic isolation and hybridization, modes of speciation, breeding systems in plant populations and modern techniques in plant systematic
Gain the basic skills for conducting extensive field and herbarium studies as an integral part of Plant Biodiversity understanding