Developmental Biology Bio 254 Prof. Bob Morris Department of Biology Wheaton College, Norton MA

a four-cell embryo

Developmental Biology presents cellular and molecular mechanisms of animal embryogenesis with an emphasis on comparisons of systems that illustrate common developmental strategies. Developmental Biology also serves as a integrative subject in biology by encompassing applications of biological disciplines from biochemistry and molecular biology to anatomy and evolution. Some of the topics to be covered in this course include fertilization, mitosis and the cell cycle, pattern and axis formation, neurodevelopment, and organogenesis. The laboratory section will illustrate principles from the lecture through observations of both fixed and living embryos.

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Credits: Four-cell embryo courtesy Bill Wasserman  http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/dev.htm and Dr. R. Pedersen http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/virtualembryo/index.htm Fonts for this page courtesy of David Brandes http://www.lafayette.edu/~brandesd/class/classes.html   Image of Dr. Bob, surgeon and chief cut-up on "Vetrinarian's Hospital," courtesy of Miranda Galadriel Capra and Miranda's Muppet Pictures http://www.io.com/~mcapra/muppets/Pictures.html Webpage author and designer Bob Morris (email: rmorris@wheatonma.edu). © Robert Morris, Wheaton College, 2000. Last updated: 8/27/2000