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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIOL 4312 - Developmental Biology


Credit hours: 3

Description: Examination of how biological form changes over time, including embryological development from fertilization to tissue differentiation, as well as post-embryological development, including growth, aging, regeneration, and metamorphosis. Topics include cell commitment, patterning, organogenesis, limb development, sex determination, stem cells, metamorphosis, aging, environmental factors, disease development, developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change, model organisms, and ethical questions relevant to the field.

Prerquisite(s): BIOL 1710, BIOL 1730, BIOL 1720, and BIOL 1740. 

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer