BIO305 Developmental Biology Instructor: Dave Champlin show resources on web site I try to record and post lectures. They are posted for one week only.

Day DateReadingTopic T 9/2 pp (Ch. 6) C. elegans, model systems, and molecular genetics Watch three Audio/Video handouts: 1A), 1B), and 1C Th9/4Ch. 1An introduction to developmental biology T9/9 QUIZ 1 (covers A/V Handouts 1A, 1B, and 1C) More introduction Watch two Audio/Video handouts: Review of transcription regulation, Parts 1 and 2 Th9/11Ch. 3Vertebrate life cycles T9/16 QUIZ 2(covers A/V Handouts 2A and 2B) Vertebrate axes and germ layers Th9/18 CH. 4Vertebrate axial patterning T9/23More vertebrate body plan Th9/25Ch. 5Early patterning of vertebrate nervous systems T9/30EXAM 1Chapters 1, 3, 4, and pp Th10/2 Ch. 2Molecular development of Drosophila T10/7More molecular development of Drosophila Th10/9Ch. 7Plant development On Thursday, 10/9, Please bring a copy of the primary research article you have selected (or more than one if you haven’t decided) plus your notes on the article.

OUR FIRST IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT IS THURSDAY

A fertilized nematode egg and early embryos as viewed with Nomarski optics = Differential Interference Contrast (DIC).

The scientists discovered that lin-4 targets lin-14 for destruction by a novel mechanism called RNA interference (RNAi).

The Theory of Evolution provides the rationale and the guarantee for the “model organism” approach to biology, which has been pursued for many years with miraculous success.

Modern Developmental Biology began in 1985 and developmental biology is in a golden era of research discovery. The 1800’s were also a golden era of research discovery in developmental biology (at that time it was called embryology).