BL5400 Plant Development
	Monday, 1:00-2:30 pm, DOW702 Instructor: Heather Youngs, Dow 430, hlyoungs@mtu.edu, Phone: 487-1441 Office Hours: by appointment Major review references: The Arabidopsis Book various authors (online resource). Patterns in Plant Development (1998) Taylor Stevens and Ian Sussex Cambridge University Press (online at Google books or you can borrow my copy).
	Embryo Development
Sept. 17 (Youngs)		Background on Arabidopsis embryogenesis.
Sept. 24 (Youngs)		The Arabidopsis BODENLOS gene encodes an auxin response protein inhibiting MONOPTEROS-mediated embryo patterning. (2002) Hamann et al. Genes & Dev. 16:1610-1615.
		Surge and destroy: the role of auxin in plant embryogenesis. (2005) Jenik & Barton Development 132:3577-3585.
		Genetic regulation of embryonic pattern formation. (2004) Laux et al. The Plant Cell 16:S190-S202.
	Miscellaneous
Oct. 1 (Swamy)		Cell-cell communication in double fertilization (2006) Dresselhaus Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 9:41-47.
	Root Development
Oct. 8 (Tay)		Arabidopsis root (Grierson and Schiefelbein) and root hair (Scheres, Benfey, and Dolan) development (2002) The Arabidopsis Book.
Oct. 15		Visit by Alison Roberts. Cell wall evolution and Physcomitrella patens
Oct. 22 (Kiemle)		Discussion of Fucus rhizoid development
Oct. 29 (Swamy)		Floral development Morphogenesis of flowers - Our evolving view (2005) Smith Plant Cell 17:330-341.
Nov. 5 (Tay)		Stomatal development
Nov. 12 (Kiemle)		Vascular development
Nov. 19		Thanksgiving Week - No Class
Nov. 26 (Youngs)		General discussion
Dec. 3 (Tay)		Trichome development
Dec. 10 (Youngs)		Leaf and secondary meristem development
Dec. 14		Final Exam