Dec 13, 2025  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 [Archived Catalog]

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PBIO 3400 - Development and Evolution of Land Plants


Integrated view of land plant (embryophyte) lineages, including evolution of morphology, anatomy, development, and gene families, using model systems to explore mutants and gene expression patterns.

Requisites: PBIO 1140 and 1150
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 4.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Application of classical anatomical and microscopy techniques.
  • Appreciation of major evolutionary innovations.
  • Exemplary insight into developmental genetic tools in model systems.
  • Knowledge of diversity of vegetative and reproductive structures in land plants.
  • Understanding of links between morphology and regulatory genes.



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