BIOL 4415 Developmental Biology

An introduction to the cell behavior and molecular pathways that control embryonic development. Several representative organisms, invertebrate and vertebrate, will be utilized along with an introduction to recent advances and techniques in developmental biology. Those techniques will be applied in the laboratory to study such organisms as planarians, sea urchins, and chickens. Prerequisites: BIOL 2270, BIOL 3310 and MATH 2303. BIOL 4410 recommended. Laboratory fee. Fall and Spring.