COURSE SYLLABUS

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF SEED PLANTS

1	Course Title:	REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF SEED PLANTS
2	Course Code:	BIO5119
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Aycan Tosunoğlu
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	aycanbilisik@uludag.edu.tr 02242941854 Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü, Nilüfer, BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To have detailed information about reproductive structures, reproductive organs, pollination, fertilization, reproductive barriers, endosperm, polyembryonia, apomixis and seed in seed plants.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Knowing the reproductive structure and functions of seed plants will contribute to the professional life and career planning of the graduate students of Botany.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To understand the plant reproductive organs and their detailed structures;
2	To understand the formation of female and male reproductive organs and cells in plants;
3	To be able to comprehend fertilization and / or reproductive barriers in plants;
4	To understand endosperm formation, development and importance in plants;
5	To be able to understand seed structure and development in plants;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction: Seed Plants, Their Taxonomical place, Evolutionary Importance, Overview of reproductive organs.
2	Male gametophyte: Structure of anther, microsporogenesis. Role of tapetum, pollen development, pollen tube growth and guidance
3	Pollen viability and germination, pollen storage, male sterility, sperm dimorphism
4	Female gametophyte: Ovule development, megasporogenesis.
5	Embryosac types: Ultrastructure of components, synergid and antipodal haustoria, nutrition of embryosac.
6	Pollination: Ultrastructural and histochemical details of style and stigma, self and interspecific incompatibility
7	Significance of pollen-pistil interaction, role of pollen- pistil interaction, role of pollen wall proteins and stigma surface proteins, barriers to fertilization, methods of overcoming incompatibilities.
8	Fertilization: Heterospermy, differential behaviour of male gametes, discharge and movement of sperms.
9	Syngamy and triple fusion, post fertilization, metabolic and structural changes in embryo sac.
10	Endosperm: Ultrastructure, types and development.Embryo: Development of embryo in monocots and dicots.
11	Polyembryony: Types, somatic and genetic, pollen embryos.
12	Apomixis: Types and evolutionary significance.
13	Seed: Structure and development, seed testing, seed storage, seed dormancy.
14	In vitro fertilization. Anther, pollen and embryo culture.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Beck, C.B. 2012. Bitki Yapısı ve Gelişimine Giriş, Çev. H. Demiray, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık. Rochville, Maryland, 2002. Johri, B.M. “Embryology of Angiosperms”, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, 1984. Lersten 2004. Flowering Plant Embryology. Science Publisher. Ünal, M. “Bitki (Angiosperm) Embriyolojisi”, Nobel Yayınevi. Ankara, 2006
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	The system of relative evaluation is applied.
Information	-

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High