Welcome to Dave Barrington's Atlas of Images for Biology 2.

 

These images are linked in the order of the lectures as outlined in the syllabus.

Living things have changed and diversified over time.

The fossil record

Coal measure

Extra images to add to lecture material: Leaf Fossils of the scale-tree, Lepidodendron

Smith's map ---- Smith's map closeup and profile.

Homology and transformation in development: palm trees and crustaceans

Goethe's palm tree -- Close-up of one leaf
The Goethe palm lives and it is 446 years old! Read about it at the Padua Botanical Garden website.
Chalkboard drawing of the palm shoot.
Lobster serial homology

Homology and transformation in evolution

Crustaceans compared

Genes controlling development and evolution: homeotic genes

 

Inferring Phylogeny

Dinosaur pelvises compared.


Flowering Plant DNA sequence data set up for comparison.

Phyogeny for mustard-oil plants
Cabbage picture
Mustard-oil Flowers: example pictures
Cabbage butterflies and their kin

 

Plants and the Colonization of Land: - Focus on Seed Plants
Sexual Reproduction in Plants ------ General Cycle used in Lecture
The Spikemoss Lifecycle - a simple template

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Selaginella life cycle (small). & Selaginella (spikemoss) life cycle (large)
Selaginella exaltata habit
Selaginella exaltata leaves
Selaginella in the desert.
Selaginella rupestris up close. Selaginella pallescens from above
sporangia in strobilus----sporangia, up close
Selaginella male gametophyte development
Selaginella female gametophyte.

The conifer life cycle - how seed plants reproduce


Conifer life cycle diagram.
Abies amabilis
Pinus elliottii
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus edulis
Pinus aristata
Sequoia sempervirens

Pine cones of both types
Pine Pollen Cone Section
Pine pollen cones
Pine pollen in lake
Pine pollen in hand
Pine pollen structure and development.

Link to more on pine pollen including good pictures.

Young ovulate cone of fir
Seed Cone
Ovule and Seed Structure Seed Structure - improved
Pine Fertilization

The Seed: Origin and Function

Seed Fern Profile
Seed Fern foliage and seed
Origin of the integument.
Niklas Pollen Flow

Transport in Plants

Roots and stems: absorption and transport

Remember - most images are in the book. The following images have the book figure numbers noted and have urls that include the figure number from Campbell as well.

Overview of Sap Flow Fig. 36.10

Basic root structure: Fig. 35.15.
Images of roots in section. Fig. 35.16
Transport of water and minerals in roots. Fig. 36.6
Close-up of water flow in apoplast and symplast. Fig. 36.6
Close-up og endodermis. Fig. 36.6. right side.
Apoplast and symplast routes. fig. 36.5

 

Leaves: sungathering and power source

 

Flowering Plant Reproduction and Development

Flower Structure
Sporangia ­ making pollen and seeds
Pollination Ecology

Darwin's primrose illustrations and data - Floral Forms -- Kinds of Unions -- Data Table