BIOL 3400 - Developmental Biology

Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.

The development of organisms including the topics of gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, morphogenesis, organogenesis, cell differentiation, and regeneration. These topics will be approached from both the structural point of view of classical embryology and the more recent molecular mechanistic viewpoint.

Prerequisites: BIOL 1400 or BIOL 1401, BIOL 2403 or their equivalents.