Evolutionary Ecology of Phenotypic Plasticity
Albert Katz
International School for Desert Studies
Course number 001-2-3001
Ariel Novoplansky,
Mitrani
Department of Desert Ecology,
Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Fall 2012-3
Last
updated Oct 25, 2012. REFRESH to see the latest
version!
NEXT ON THE AGENDA-
· You are
invited to choose a topic for your personal project by next Tue.
·
Please consider volunteering to deliver one of the
earlier discussions, the first of which will take place on Nov 13, 2012.
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Please advertise the course amongst your friends, the
more the merrier!
·
Next Tue, Oct 30, we’ll convene at 08:30 at the Mitrani
meeting room.
·
Elisheva suggested that the frontal lessons will be held
weekly starting 08:30 or 09:00 and the discussion sessions will take place
after the ecology seminar, starting at ca.13:30.
·
Here
is a link to my TEDx talk on plant learning, a topic we will eventually
touch in the course. Please feel free to further distribute it…
Course outline
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1.
What is phenotypic plasticity.
2.
Signal perception and information processing by plants.
3.
Plant morphogenetical controls and their ecological
implications.
4.
Plant foraging: strategies and mechanisms.
5.
Phenotypic plasticity and the organization of populations
and communities.
6.
Costs and limits of phenotypic plasticity
7.
Higher orders of phenotypic plasticity
8.
Epigenetics and its inheritance
9.
Phenotypic plasticity and evolution
10. On the
differences between plants and animals.
Course duties and grade components
1.
Active participation (rather than mere presence...) in classes and discussions
(30%).
2. Coordination of a discussion on a selected topic (20%).
3. A review paper or a research proposal (50%).
N/A
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Intro
to phenotypic plasticity
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Physiological
coordination and correlative responses
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Foraging
Gil, Natalie,
Edith, Asael, Shirly,
Anat,
Vika,
Naama,
Shlomi,
Ariel