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Plant developmental biology - MB130P51
Title: Plant developmental biology
Czech title: Vývojová biologie rostlin
Guaranteed by: Department of Experimental Plant Biology (31-130)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2022
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:3/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: 5
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Explanation: MB130P51 Vývojová biologie rostlinMore info can be found on Classroom, see the link
Additional information: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDY1NzU0NzI3OTc4?cjc=vqizd65
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Matyáš Fendrych, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Matyáš Fendrych, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: VOTRUB (10.02.2003)
A dominant perspective of this course is molecular and cellular process operating during plant development as analysed by developmental genetics and molecular biology.Important topic is the regulation of gene expression during plant development. The model here is mainly Arabidopsis thaliana with the genome sequenced and functional genomics projects intensively running. In order to draw general conclusions about the logic of plant development other model plants and experimental approaches will be integrated.
Literature -
Last update: RNDr. Hana Konrádová, Ph.D. (29.10.2019)

Basic literature:
"Molecular plant development - From Gene to Plant " Westhoff P et al, Oxford Univ. Press, 1998;

Buchanan BB, Gruissem W, Jones RL: "Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants", ASPP, Rockville 2001, ISBN 0-943088-39-9

Syllabus -
Last update: Mgr. Matyáš Fendrych, Ph.D. (15.02.2023)

MB130P51 Vývojová biologie rostlin

 

Practical info

Taught in English, if non-Czech speaking students enroll

Start:  23.2. 2023 – Thursdays

 

Exam: two parts

Written test – 50 points

-       Written answers to questions that cover the lectures

-       Written in CZ or English

 

Essay – 50 points

-       A cca 2-page essay on a given topic

-       A manual and grading criteria will be explained during the practical part

-       Written in CZ or English

 

Extra: Activity during practicals or homeworks – 10 bonus points

 

 

Grading:

100-91 = 1

90-81 = 2

80-71 = 3

70-0 = fail

 

Both parts of the exam are required to pass.

In case the student fails, the written test can be repeated once.
In case the student still fails, an oral exam will be made.

 

Concept of the lecture: 3 pillars

-           Lectures

-           reading, studying at home

-           discussion of papers and materials during practical part of the lecture

 

Lectures: topics are listed below.

 

 

Reading and discussions: For each lecture, students receive material to study (paper, video etc) and a set of tasks/questions; the material relates to the topic of the given lecture. During the practicals, we will discuss, argue, defend the material and questions.

 

Home work will be done inside the Perusall environment.

 

 

 

Lecture topics

  1. Introduction 23.2.

(VZ): History of developmental biology, green lineage evolution ,sporophyte gametophyte, 3D shape.

(MF) Plants differ from us, animals. Plant multicellularity, cell wall, plasmodesmata, plant shape generation and maintenance.

Practicals: practical info, intro to lecture structure and homeworks

 

  1. Embryogenesis, root meristems 2.3. (MF)

Embryo, polarity, differentiation of tissues. Radial patterning of the roots, lateral roots

 

 

  1. Planar polarity 9.3. (MF)

Stomata, asymmetric cell division, polarity, trichomes, root hairs

 

  1. Shoot apical meristem 16.3. (VZ)

Wuschel-clavata, organogenesis, auxin maxima, leaves, lateral buds, internodia

 

  1. Flower 23.3. (VZ)

Flowering, florigen, ABCED model

 

  1. Vasculature I 30.3. (Adriana Jelinkova)

Vasculature formation in the embryo (genes, mutants), vasculature development in the root

 

7.    Vasculature II – 6. 4. (Adriana Jelinkova)

Vasculature polarity (in relation to leaf polarity adax, abax), role in the plant body formation

 

8.    Leaf development – 13.4. (VZ)

Evolution of the leaf, leaf dorsoventrality, small RNA in plant development

 

9.    Photomorphogenesis 20.4. (VZ)

Light as the morphogenic signal, light receptors, COP complex, photoperiod, vernalization.

 

 

10.  Phyllotaxis and shoot branching 27.4. (MF)

Fibonacci spiral, inhibitory field, auxin mutants, mechanical feedback, apical dominance, strigolactones.

 

 

  1. Gamethophyte development 4.5. (VZ)

Regulation of sexual reproduction, gametophytes, double fertilization, self incompatibility.

 

 

  1. Death in development, seed 11.5. (MF)

Double fertilization, synergids, endosperm. PCD in plant development.

 

 

 
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