PLPPM 6300
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Classes
PLPPM 6300
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023. Courses of Study 2022-2023 is scheduled to publish mid-June.
Fungi are one of the major lineages of eukaryotes and the sister group of animals. We will consider evolutionary relationships among different groups of fungi, their ecology and significance to humans. We will explore fungal lifestyles, their reproduction, and the ways that fungi use to communicate with each other and with their symbiotic partners. In addition to true fungi, we will study several distantly related groups of organisms that share with fungi absorptive nutrition, filamentous somatic structures, and spore-based reproduction. We will reconstruct fungal phylogenies using molecular evolution methods. We will also isolate fungi from the environment and identify them using morphological and molecular approaches.
When Offered Fall.
Outcomes
- Familiarity with methods of phylogeny reconstruction for taxonomic identification of organisms. .
- Ability to characterize major groups of fungi and their life histories.
- Familiarity with different fungal nutrition modes: saprotrophy, biotrophy, hemibiotrophy, and necrotrophy.
- Appreciation of the links between fungal lifestyle and reproductive biology, i.e. loss of sex in mutualists vs. importance of recombination in parasites.
- Understanding principles that regulate fungal mating versus vegetative compatibility.
- Appreciation for the roles of fungi as: decomposers, mutualists of plants (endophytes, mycorrhizae, lichens) and animals (gut microbiota), pathogens of plants and animals, model systems for biology, sources of food, antibiotics, organic acids, allergens, toxins and carcinogens.
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: PLPPM 4300
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Pawlowska, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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