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BIO 412 Developmental Biology

Hermann
Content: Multidisciplinary study of the process by which multicellular organisms develop from a single fertilized egg. Fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, early morphogenesis, and organogenesis studied with an emphasis on the molecular, cellular, and genetic mechanisms underlying development. Discussion of current research literature with critical analysis of experimental design and data. Lecture and laboratory. Laboratory focuses on genetic control of development.
Prerequisite: Biology 311 or 361, or consent of instructor.
Taught: Alternate years, 5 semester credits.

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