BIOL 740 - Graduate Seminar: Analysis of Development

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An examination and critical review of literature pertaining to persistent problems in developmental biology and the differentiation of cell types. Topics to be covered include gametogenesis, fertilization and cleavage patterns, biochemical events during early embryogenesis, nucleocytoplasmic interactions in development, inductive phenomena, the role of cell contact specificities in morphogenesis, stability of the differentiated state and the hormonal controls in differentiating cell systems. The theory of differential gene expression will be evaluated by examining the cytological and biochemical evidence for time and tissue specificities of gene action.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and passage of the developmental biology qualifying examination.
Note: May be repeated for credit.