Plant development: from observation to a gene

Preparation: distinguish an organism, a cell and a gene. If these terms are unfamiliar, open the linked explanation first and return to it whenever needed. Each step contains readable material and a short activity. Video expands the topic: begin at a listed chapter or follow the complete lecture sequence at its original source.

The route is model organisms and genomes → gene regulation → leaf development → cell differentiation → flowering and FLC. Finish with a note: “What did I observe, what do I propose, and which evidence would test it?” Save it as your research in the existing EcoGenesis account.

Main lectures: V. V. Chub, Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Teach-in. The videos are in Russian. EcoGenesis supplies the explanations and activities on this page; the lecturer retains lecture authorship. Links open the original recordings. Each lesson shows its sources and material version.

By the end, you should be able to distinguish a plant from a sampled specimen, read an anatomical caption, separate model measurements from assumptions, follow FLC to its protein record and state a bounded conclusion from a specific experiment.