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Course Discription |
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This course focuses on studying the basic principles of differentiation and morphogenesis, starting from gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, and organogenesis. The development of the embryonic germ layers of deuterostome embryos will be covered as well. The practical part of the course illustrates the processes, concepts, and principles discussed in the theoretical part of the course, through investigative activities that emphasize the interdisciplinary approach of Developmental Biology. Lab exercises include dissection of male and female rats, studying the menstrual cycle of female mice, fertilization, cleavage, and gastrulation of three model organisms; sea urchin, frog and chicken. In addition, the exercises cover the development of certain organs in the chick embryo |