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Lewis and Clark Department of Biology
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Developmental Biology
BIO412 Spring 2006 |
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| Instructor: Greg Hermann Office: Bio-Psych 226 Phone: x7568 Email: hermann@lclark.edu |
Time: T & Th; 9:40-11:10 AM Place:Miller 103 Office Hours: T 11:30-12:30 PM, F from 12-1 PM, by appointment, or when my door is open Lab: Red lab; T 1-4:20 PM |
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| Above is a diagram depicting the development and morphogenesis of the C. elegans vulva. From Sharma-Kishore et al. (1999) Development 126: 691-699. | |||||||||||||||||
| Welcome to the increadibly fascinating, rapidly moving, and always changing world of developmental biology. In this course we will approach developmental biology by considering three major questions in the field: (1) How is a single cell transformed into a complex (patterned) organism ? (2) What are the molecular mechanisms that regulate patterning during development? (3) How are organs made? In considering our current answers to these questions we will integrate organismal, cellular, genetic, and molecular approaches to developmental biology, with an emphasis on analyzing the behavior of individual cells during development. Our own investigations will focus on the molecular mechanisms and environmental control of formation of the egg laying system in C. elegans. | |||||||||||||||||
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