Course Syllabi

Readings

EvoDevo: D. R. Murray, 1995.  Plant responses to carbon dioxide.  American Journal of Botany 82:690-697.

Embryology: R. B. Goldberg et al., 1994.  Plant embryogenesis: zygote to seed.  Science 266: 605-614.

Shoot Apex (chimeral study): Stewart et al., 1974.  Competition and accommodation between apical layers and their derivatives in the ontogeny of chimeral shoots of Pelargonium X hortorum.  American Journal of Botany 61: 54-67.

Shoot Apex (recent): Fleming et al., 1993.  The patterns of gene expression in the tomato shoot apical meristem.  Plant Cell 5: 297-309.  

Leaf Development: Tsiantis, etal., 1999.  The maize rough sheath2 gene and leaf development programs in monocot and dicot plants.  Science 284: 154-156. AND Poethig, 1997.  Leaf morphogenesis in flowering plants.  Plant Cell 9: 1077-1087.

Determinant Shoot-Floral: Liljegren et al., 1999.  Interactions among APETALA1, LEAFY, and TERMINAL FLOWER1 specify meristem fate.  Plant Cell 11: 1007-1018.

Roots: Schiefelbein et al., 1997.  Building a root: the control of patterning and morphogenesis during root development.  Plant Cell 9: 1089-1098.

Differentiation: Topping & Lindsey, 1997.  Promoter trap markers differentiate structural and positional components of polar development in Arabidopsis.  Plant Cell 9: 1713-1725.

Secondary Growth: Carland et al., 1999.  Genetic regulation of vascular tissue patterning in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 11:2123-2138.  Online http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/11/11/2123?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1004472605983_10520&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=11&firstpage=2123&journalcode=plantcell

Floral Development, Recent Studies: Busch, M. A.  et al., 1999.  Activation of a floral homeotic gene in Arabidopis.  Science 285: 585-587 AND Parcy, F. et al., 1998.  A genetic framework for floral patterning.  Nature 395: 561-566 (also see commentary on pages 545-547).  (For your background reference is Memorizing the floral ABC and Modeling flowers.)

Floral Evolution: Kramer & Irish, 1999.  Evolution of genetic mechanisms controlling petal development.  Nature 399: 144-148. Online  (http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v399/n6732/full/399144a0_fs.html)