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| BIY7290 | Plant Biosystematics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Hüseyin İNCEER | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To introduce biological characters used in plant systematics, and to explain speciation mechanisms in plants. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand principles of plant taxonomy | 1,2 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 2 : | understand biological characters used in taxonomy | 1,2 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 3 : | interpret the data obtained from experimental studies and to be able to use
them in taxonomy
| 1,2 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 4 : | understand speciation and the mechanism of speciation | 1,2 | 1,3,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The scope and development of plant biosystematic. Biosystematic methods. Sources of plant diversity. The origin of plants, evolution of flowers, fruits and vegatative organs. Plant speciation and concepts of speciation. Ideal and Hybridizing species. Plant isolating mechanisms. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The scope and development of plant biosystematic | | | Week 2 | Biosystematic methods | | | Week 3 | Sources of plant diversity | | | Week 4 | The origin of plants | | | Week 5 | Evolution of vegetative organs | | | Week 6 | Evolution of generative organs | | | Week 7 | Concept of species | | | Week 8 | Plant speciation | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Ideal species | | | Week 11 | Hybridizing species | | | Week 12 | Seminar | | | Week 13 | Plant isolating mechanisms | | | Week 14 | Patterns of geographical distribution of plants | | | Week 15 | Botanical gardens and herbariums | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Stace, C.A. 1980; Plant taxonomy and biosystematics, Edward Arnold | | | |
| 1 | Elçi, Ş. 1994; Sitogenetikte Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Metodlar, 100. Yıl Üniversitesi Yayınları, No 18, Van | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/04/2021 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 30/4/2021 | 1 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 4 | 15/03/2021 | 3 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/06/2021 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 13 | 26 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 25 | 3 | 75 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 16 | 2 | 32 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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