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55-355 Embryology 

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       Syllabus
   WOLPERT: Principles of Development:Page Number in 5th Edition                                                         
   GILBERT: Developmental Biology:      Page Number 10th Edition
                                               Page Number 9th Edition
                                                             Page Number 8th Edition
                                                       

1) Introduction to course structure and grading.                                           p 105, 630                        

2) Pattern Formation                                                                          p  27-9, 295-300, 595, 598 608-9                                                                                                                     

3)  Brief outline of the Beginnings/Questions of Embryology             p 325-30, 332-3, 336-7, 339-43, 347-50

4) Gametogenesis                                                                              p  416-19, 424-6                                                                 5) Fertilization                                                                                   p 426-9
 6) Imprinting                                                                                       p 420-3                                                                  
7) Cleavage                                                                                        p 369-76, 383, 386-88, 112, 158-59                                                                         
8) Cell Sorting- Cellular Basis of Morphogenesis                             p 254-64, 603-6
 9) Gastrulation                                                                                       p 377-92, 164-72, 199-205
10) Induction, Competence, Specification, Determination                     p 235-38, 24-7
11) Dorso-Ventral Axis Determination                                                p 51-3, 61-4, 149-52, 173-4, 392-4
12) Developmental Genetics Drosophila -  Mammal                             p 39, 44-53, 55, 91-5, 632-35
13) Head Organizer and Segmentation                                                 p 167-72, 522-31
 14) Sex Determination I                                                                         p 430-35
15) Sex Determination II                                                                         p 430-40                                                
16) Limb development                                                                            p 447-9, 452-4, 635-43 17) Heart Development                                                                         p 504-7
 18) Eye Development and Lens Induction (competence and induction revisited)  p 489-94
19) Developmental Strategies for Exploiting Environments        
20) Development and Evolution                                                
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