Biology 5361: Developmental Biology
Spring 2005
Dr. Anna Rachinsky
Office: 315 LSci
Phone: 218-726-7270
e-mail: arachins@d.umn.edu
Office hours:
M F 12:00 -1:00 pm (or by appointment)
Tentative Lecture Syllabus T Th 1:00 - 1:50 pm LSci 170
| Date |
# |
Topic |
Textbook Chapters |
| 1/18 |
1 |
Introduction to Developmental Biology |
Chapter 1 |
| 1/20 |
2 |
Role of cells in development |
Chapter 2 |
| 1/25 |
3 |
Gametogenesis & Fertilization |
Chapter 3; Chapter 4 |
| 1/27 |
4 |
||
| 2/1 | no lecture |
||
| 2/3 |
5 |
Cleavage Gastrulation in sea urchin |
Chapter 5 ; Chapter 10, p. 223-232 |
| 2/8 |
6 |
||
| 2/10 |
7 |
||
| 2/15 |
8 |
Cell fate, potency & determination |
Chapter 6 |
| 2/17 |
9 |
Genomic equivalence & cell differentiation |
Chapter 7 |
| 2/22 |
Exam |
First Midterm Exam |
|
| 2/24 |
10 |
Genomic equivalence & cell differentiation |
Chapter 7 |
| 3/1 |
11 |
Localized cytoplasmic determinants |
Chapter 8 |
| 3/3 |
12 |
||
| 3/8 | 13 |
Axis formation and mesoderm induction |
Chapter 9 |
| 3/10 |
14 |
||
| 3/15 |
15 |
Gastrulation in vertebrates |
Chapter 10; p. 232-250 |
| 3/17 |
16 |
Cell adhesion & morphogenesis |
Chapter 11 |
| 3/21-25 |
|
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- - - - - Spring Break - - - - - - |
|
| 3/29 | 17 |
Neurulation & axis induction |
Chapter 12 |
| 3/31 | 18 |
||
| 4/5 |
Exam |
Second Midterm Exam |
|
| 4/7 |
19 |
Ectodermal organs |
Chapter 13 |
| 4/12 |
20 |
||
| 4/19 |
21 |
Endodermal & mesodermal organs
|
Chapter 14
|
| 4/21 | 22 |
||
| 4/26 |
23 |
||
| 4/28 |
24 |
Mutants & transgenic organisms |
Chapter 15 |
|
5/3 |
25 |
||
| 5/5 |
26 |
Hormonal regulation of caste development
in social insects |
|
| Th 5/12 |
Exam |
Final exam 2:00 - 3:55 pm in LSci 170 |
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