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Readings:
Chapter 35 in Campbell
Darwin, C. and F. Darwin. 1880. Sensitiveness of plants to light: its transmitted effects. pp. 142-146 in, Gabriel and Fogel, eds., "Great Experiments in Biology".
Ehrlich, P. R. and P. H. Raven. 1967. Butterflies and plants. Scientific American, June 1967: 105-113.
Baldwin, I. T. and J. C. Schultz. 1983. Rapid changes in tree leaf chemistry induced by damage: evidence for communication between plants. Science 221: 277-279.
Questions:
List and define 5 terms from these articles with which you were initially unfamiliar.
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What are the major hormones in plants? Which are stimulatory and which inhibitory? What is the difference between these chemicals and those referred to as secondary (2°) chemicals in the other articles?
What is coevolution? Do you think the greatest influence has been the insects on the plants - or the plants on the insects? Why?
Compare the methods of the article by the Darwins and the article by Baldwin and Schultz. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?