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Course
handouts
Syllabus
Intro Bio "jump start"
Reading list keyed to Gilbert, 9e
Specific
lecture handouts
1-19-11: Introduction to Developmental
Biology
1-21-11: Genomic equivalence
1-26-11: ES Cells
1-31-11: Molecular biology
techniques
2-7-11: Cell biology
2-9-11: Gametogenesis
2-16-11: Fertilization
2-21-11: Egg activation
2-23-11: Cleavage
2-28-11: Gene regulation
3-4-11: Sex determination
3-7-11: Germ cells
3-7-11: Intro to axis
specification/worms
3-21-11: Drosophila part 1
3-23-11: Drosophila part 2
3-28-11: Sea urchins
4-1-11: Frog axis specification
4-8-11: Frog gastrulation
4-15-11: Amniotes
4-15-11: Mammals
4-22-11: Left-right axis
specification
4-22-11: Neurulation and the CNS
4-27-11: Mesoderm & endoderm
4-29-11: Neural crest
5-1-11: Axon guidance
5-4-11: Hox genes
5-4-11: Limb paterning