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BIOL 322

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Course Hours: 4

Lecture surveys the different stages of development from fertilization to organogenesis in both invertebrate and vertebrate model systems. Lecture covers both the descriptive nature of embryonic development, as well as the conserved molecular and cellular patterns. The laboratory covers some techniques of developmental biology, as well as histology slides of embryonic development, and research paper discussion. Lecture three hours per week, laboratory three hours per week.

Prerequisites: BIOL 111/111L, BIOL 112/112L, BIOL 211/211D, and BIOL 305.