Developmental Biology

Catalog description

4330. 3 hours. Mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals at the molecular, cellular, and genetic levels. Areas of particular emphasis include transcriptional control mechanisms, embryonic patterning, cell-cell interactions, growth factors and signal transduction, and regulatory hierarchies. Coverage also includes the roles that environmental factors play in development, the medical applications of our knowledge of development, and the roles that development plays in evolution. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1710/1730; BIOL 1720/1740; BIOL 2041/2042; BIOL 2302/2312; or consent of department.