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.

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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).

von Baer’s Principles: 1. General features of a large group of animals appear earlier in development than do the specialized features of a smaller group. 2. Less general characteristics are developed from the more general, until finally the most specialized appear. All vertebrates initially have the same kind of skin - only later does the skin develop fish scales, reptilian scales, bird feathers or hair, claws and nails of mammals. 3. The embryo of a given species, instead of passing through the adult stages of lower animals, departs more and more from them. 4. Therefore the embryo of a higher animal is never like a lower animal, but only like its early embryo. Human embryos never pass through a stage equivalent to an adult fish. Early human embryos share characteristics in common with fish embryos.