Bio 351 - Developmental Biology

The course is taught by Steve Black, Biology room B8.

New! See a quicktime movie of gastrulation! (To view the movie, you'll need to have the QuickTime plug-in, which you can download now from Apple's web site.)

Biology 351 meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:50
DATE	TOPIC
9/1	Commitment of cell fate is historical rather than programmatic
9/3	Amphibian development: very early events
9/8	Amphibian development: early events
9/10	Amphibian development: events
9/15	Amphibian development: later events
9/17	Amphibian development concluded
9/22	Fish development & QUIZ #1 (covers through 9/17)
9/24	Fish development. Annelid development
9/29	Mollusc development
10/1	Echinoderm development
10/6	Ascidian development
10/8	Insect development
10/13	Insect development & QUIZ #2 (covers through 10/8)
10/15	Insect development. Submit written proposals for independent projects. Order materials.
10/20	fall break
10/22	fall break
10/27	Chicken & mammalian development
10/29	Morphogenesis of the central nervous system
11/3	Morphogenesis of the special sense organs
11/5	Morphogenesis of the circulatory system
11/10	Morphogenesis of the circulatory system & QUIZ #3 (covers through 11/5)
11/12	Morphogenesis of the circulatory system
11/17	Morphogenesis of the endodermal tube
11/19	Morphogenesis of the urogenital system
11/24	Morphogenesis of the urogenital system
11/26	HOLIDAY
12/1	Determination operates in the milieu of the embryo
12/3	PROJECTION QUIZ (covers lab and lecture through 11/24)
12/8	Hans Spemann