Winter 2012
Tuesday & Thursday
12:00-2:50; BI-204
LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE, ACTIVITIES, AND DOWNLOADS
Texts/Reading:
Gilbert, Scott F.
2010. Developmental Biology, Ninth Edition. Sinauer Associates Incorporated, Philadephia,
PA. (G) (Eight Edition also acceptable.)
Wright, Shirley J.
2005. A Photographic Atlas of Developmental Biology. Morton Publishing Company, Englewood, CO. (W)
Week 1
1/10: Class Logistics; Introduction; Course Scope
1/12: Phylogenetic Perspective and the Evolution of Development Evo-Devo (G - Chapters 1)
Week 2
1/17: Overview of Plant Development
(At:
www.devbio.com)
1/19: Protostome Development Insects as the Example (G Chapter 6)
Week 3
1/24: Basic Deuterostome Development
Echinodermata (G pp. 159-172)
1/26: Lab Exercise: Sea Urchin Embryology (W - pp. 71-73; 88-91)
Week 4
1/31: Midterm Examination 1; 150 points
2/2: Introduction to Chordate Embryology Amphioxus (G pp. 241-272) [and] Lab Quiz 1; 20 points
Week 5
2/7: Tetrapod Embryology Amphibians (S Chapter 1)
2/9: Lab Exercise: Frog Embryology - I (W pp.
77-79; 95-96; 109-115; Chapter 10)
Week 6
2/14: Lab Exercise: Frog Embryology - II (W pp.
77-79; 95-96; 109-115; Chapter 10)
2/16: Basal Amniote Embryology Reptiles and Birds (G pp. 336-347; also 333-343, 373-379, 413-426, 445-448 - emphasis on avian parts)
Week 7
2/21: Lab Quiz 2; 30 points [and] Lab Exercise: Basal Amniote Embryology (Reptiles/Birds)
I (W pp. 80-82; 96-100; 116-122; Chapter 11)
2/23: Midterm Examination 2; 200 points
Week8
2/28: Lab Exercise: Basal Amniote Embryology (Reptiles/Birds)
II (W pp. 80-82; 96-100; 116-122; Chapter 11)
3/1: Mammalian Embryology (G pp. 300-319; also 333-343, 373-379, 413-426, 445-448 (emphasis on mammalian parts)
Week 9
3/6: Lab Exercise: Mammalian Embryology (W pp. 83-84; 101-103; 123-126; Chapter 12)
3/8: Later Embryology of Vertebrates mesodermal derivatives (G Chapters 11-12)
Week 10
3/13: Lab Final Quiz; 50 points; Later Embryology of Vertebrates development of the skull
3/15: Evo-Devo revisited the example of the vertebrate limb (G Chapter 13)
3/20: Tuesday. Final Examination; 12:00; 250 points.
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