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The Department provides academic programs covering biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, ecology, systematics, and evolutionary studies. Specialized focus areas encompass anatomy/morphology with concentration on both living and fossil vascular plants, ecological and environmental research involving ecosystem studies, conservation genetics, fire ecology, invasive species management, and tropical botany. Additional specializations include cellular biology focusing on cytoskeletal structures and cell formation, physiological and biochemical studies with research on photosynthesis, flowering plant development, protein signaling pathways, gene expression mapping, plant metabolites, and proteomics. Systematic studies emphasize DNA-based and morphological phylogenetic research, evolutionary geography investigations, molecular developmental processes, and comprehensive taxonomic surveys.
Students must have equivalent of an undergraduate degree in botany or biology with basic course work in their area of interest; Acceptable GRE scores (verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing).
For applicants from countries (including Puerto Rico) where English is not the official language, a minimum score on one of these English Language Skills tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 550 paper, or 80 Internet; International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 6; Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB): 77, or documented successful completion of the University of Florida English Language Institute program.