2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
BLGY3252 Plant Developmental Biology
10 creditsClass Size: 200
Module manager: Professor Brendan Davies
Email: B.H.Davies@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2018/19
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
By the end of this module students should appreciate the appropriate experimental approaches to understand development in general and plant development in particular. Students completing this course will see how the combination of modern molecular techniques with classical genetics has produced advances that would have been unimaginable without these methods.Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students should;
- Understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge informed by recent research/scholarship in biology;
- Demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
- Describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research;
- Appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in developmental biology;
- Make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources.
Syllabus
Many of us have a rather poor impression of Plant Science, usually acquired from drawing endless cross-sections of different plant tissues in school. This module is Plant Science for the post-genomic age. Assuming no previous knowledge of plant anatomy or development, the module will begin with an introduction to the most successful experimental strategies in the study of development. Concentrating on Arabidopsis, the world's favourite model plant, we will attempt to understand how just 35000 genes can specify the size, shape and vital functions of an organism that lives on sunlight, adjusts its development to fit the local conditions and sustains life on earth. The framework for the course will be based on mechanisms and comparisons will be drawn with animal development. The different mechanisms will be illustrated by experimental evidence, mainly looking at the consequence of mutating key genes involved in developmental processes.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 16 | 1.00 | 16.00 |
Private study hours | 84.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 16.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 |
Private study
Coursework preparation and revision for examOpportunities for Formative Feedback
- reading for lectures, participation in NBB discussion forum, revision for examMethods of assessment
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 100.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 18/04/2018
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