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BIO 298 - Principles of Developmental Biology

The course investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms of organismal development with an emphasis on common developmental strategies among animals. Developmental biology is an integrative subject applying knowledge from molecular to organismal scales and it raises ethical issues from the definition of personhood to the use of stem cells to reverse aging. Additional topics to be covered include fertilization, gene regulation, cell differentiation, axis formation, neurodevelopment, and sex determination. Prerequisites: BIO 112, AP Biology, or permission of instructor.

Prerequisites
BIO 112 , AP Biology, or Permission of Instructor.

Credits 1



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Natural Sciences

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