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BIOL 412 - Developmental Biology

Credits: 4

The substance of this course on Developmental Biology embodies the breadth, the intellectual rigor, and the wonder of contemporary developmental biology. The course will introduce students to the field. It will integrate classical developmental biology with all the incredible advances that have been made in recent years. Students will be taught ”Integration” as the key theme in developmental biology. The mechanisms of transcriptional gene regulation and of aging, the data on amniotes limb development, the ways in which fertilization occurs, and the mechanisms of sex determination will each be integrated. Developmentally important genes will be ”integrated” into genetic regulatory networks. The course will also highlight the importance of genomics, genetic regulatory networks, and digital visualization techniques in this field. Cytoskeletal dynamics, which integrate the genetic regulatory genes with morphogenetic events, will stress the discussions of neural development and cell signaling. Enduring Features: An evolutionary context will show the revolutionary new discoveries of the horizontal transfer of enhancer-bearing transposable elements as well as the possible origins of multicellularity as a developmental response to bacteria.

Offered: Spring.


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