Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit. Current and significant problems in plant molecular and cell biology will be discussed in a seminar format. Fall or spring. A course to provide public lecture experience to advanced genetics students.
Students present personal research seminars based on their individual dissertation projects.
Lectures are privately critiqued by fellow students and genetics faculty. Required of all candidates for the degree in Genetics. Prerequisite, consent of instructor. A consideration of various aspects of palynology, including the morphology, structure, development, systematics, evolution, preparation techniques, and analysis of living and fossil pollen grains, spores, and other palynomorphs. Two lecture and six laboratory hours a week.