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BOTANY 402/502 PLANT ANATOMY
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Frequency of offering:
This course is offered every ODD-YEAR SPRING SEMESTER
Classroom:
306 PSN
Meeting times:
M W 1:00 - 1:50 Lecture W 2:00 - 3:50 Laboratory
Instructor: Roger
D. Meicenheimer (Comments from me on your electronic work will be
in this hue)
Office:
358 PSN
Phone #:
529-7012
Office Hours: M W
9:00 - 11:00; or by individual arrangement
Email:
MeicenRD@muohio.edu
Internet Home Page: http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~meicenrd
Biographical Information:
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Native
of eastern Oregon - Visit
my Mom! , She curates the Kam Wah Chung museum!
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BA (1975) - University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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MS (1978) - Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
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Ph.D. (1980) - Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
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Postdoctoral Position
(1980) - North Central Forest Experiment
Station, Rhinelander, WI
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Assistant Professor
(1981); Associate Professor (1987); Professor (1992) - Miami
University, Oxford, OH
Research Interests:
Developmental Plant
Morphology and Plant Anatomy.
Emphasis on pattern
formation processes in stem, leaf, and vascular components of the
plant.
Expert System
Development
Teaching Assistant:
Purbasha Sarkar (Comments from Purbasha on your electronic work will be in this
hue)
Office:
342 PSN
Phone #:
529 - 4258
Office Hours:
Email:
sarkarp@muohio.edu
Objectives of the course:
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To provide students with skills necessary
to section and stain fresh plant material in preparation for study of plant
anatomy.
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To train students in the proper use of the
compound light microscope and to give them experience in interpreting images
that they see through the microscope in terms of how plant structure is
related to function.
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To provide students with skills in modern
microscopic digital image capture, processing and analysis techniques useful
in plant anatomical studies.
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To instill in students an appreciation for
the complexity of tissue organization that exists within plant bodies that
allow plants to develop and live as integrated organisms in diverse environments.
Ways that this course can fit into your program:
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BOT 402 Undergradute Credit This is a 3 credit
hour laboratory course which:
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Fullfills requirement V.C. for A. B.
degree in Botany.
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Fullfills requirement V.C. for B. S.
degree in Botany.
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Fullfills requirement V.C. for B. S.
with Environmental Science Emphasis degree in Botany.
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Fullfills requirement IV.C. in Environmental
Management and Forestry Duke-Miami Cooperative Program
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Fullfills requirement e. in the Botany Minor
with a theme of Conservation and the Environment
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Fullfills requirement c. in the Botany Minor
with a theme of Molecular Processes
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BOT 502 Graduate Credit
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Does your thesis/dissertation
research have a plant anatomy component? If so then this course will
help you address that aspect of your research!
In addition to the exam and laboratory requirements, graduate students
will complete an independent project on an aspect of plant anatomy that
is of interest to them and which involves the skills and techniques learned
in this course. The project must be pre-approved by
the instructor
Prerequisite for this course:
BOT 203 or permission of instructor.
BOT 402 Grade Information:
| Activity |
Point Value |
| First Hourly Lecture
Exam |
100 |
| Second Hourly Lecture
Exam |
100 |
| Comprehensive Final
Lecture Exam |
100 |
| First Third of Laboratory
Exercises |
100 |
| Second Third of
Laboratory Exercises |
100 |
| Final Third of Laboratory
Exercises |
100 |
| Total Points |
600 |
BOT 502 Grade Information:
| Activity |
Point Value |
| First Hourly Lecture
Exam |
100 |
| Second Hourly Lecture
Exam |
100 |
| Comprehensive Final
Lecture Exam |
100 |
| First Third of Laboratory
Exercises |
100 |
| Second Third of
Laboratory Exercises |
100 |
| Final Third of Laboratory
Exercises |
100 |
| Independent Plant
Anatomy Project* |
100 |
| Total Points |
700 |
*Graduate Students
will complete an independent project involving the skills and techniques
learned in this course. The project must be pre-approved
by the instructor
BOTANY
402/502 -- Plant Anatomy Syllabus
Textbooks:
1. Dickison,
W. C. 2000. Integrative Plant Anatomy. Academic Press.
2*.
Meicenheimer, R. D. 2001. Electronic Plant Anatomy Laboratory
Exercises.
3*. Meicenheimer, R. D. 2001. CD-ROM Plant Cell Expert System.
4. Selected
articles will be placed on electronic reserve at the Brill Science Library.
(RR#)
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Students will be loaned Sony 505 laptop computers that have items 2 and
3 preloaded on hard disk. Purchase ($25) of this electronic
media in CD format that can be run on their personal desk top computers
is optional and not required for successful completion of the course.
Online resources: The
Virtual Plant