BIOL 433 - Developmental Biology

(3 units)

Prerequisites: BIOL 340; BIOL 370 or BIOL 371 or MICR 371, both with a grade of “C” or better. (Undergraduates enroll in BIOL 433; graduates enroll in BIOL 533.)
Experimental approaches to development in model organisms, mostly animal, at the molecular, genetic, cellular, and tissue levels. Topics include gametogenesis, fertilization, early cleavage, gastrulation, pattern formation, and organogenesis.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture/discussion 3 hrs.) Double Numbered with: BIOL 533