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2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book

BIO 310 - Developmental Biology

4 Credits
Offered Fall
This course will provide students with an understanding of the fundamental concepts of animal and plant development. The course will investigate and integrate the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms of development, organismal diversity in development, and the evolution of developmental processes. Topics will include genetics and gene expression, cell communication, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, axis specification, organogenesis, neural development, sex determination, morphogens, patterning, and stem cells.

Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): BIO 211 - Cell Biology  and BIO 212 - Genetics   
Note: This course fulfills the Molecular/Cellular requirement.