BIO 412: Developmental Biology (4)
Meiosis, gametogenesis (plants and animals), fertilization and embryogenesis, morphogen gradients, differentiation, asymmetric cell division, cell fate and lineage determination; Developmental embryonic stages, zygotic division, incomplete division and consequences, Ecto, meso and endodermal development, neural plate and neural tube formation; Early asymmetric division and generation of symmetry in developing embryo in animals and plants; Introduction to plant fertilization, ovule and egg and support cells; organogenesis and morphogenesis, metamorphosis, animal life cycle, sex determination and role of apoptosis in organ development; Role of morphogens and their gradient in axis patterning and determination. Concept of anterio-posterior, dorso-ventral and medio-lateral axis formation; Root and shoot development, seed formation (monocot/dicot) and germination; flowering and nonflowering plants; Model organisms like Drosophila, C. elegans, G. gallus, Xenopus. Cellular differentiation and senescence; Meristamatic tissue, development of root and leaf and floral tissues; Stem cells and pluripotency. iPS cells
Suggested Books:
- Plant Development: The Cellular Basis: R. F. Lyndon; Topics in Plant Physiology 3. Series editors M. Black and J. Chapman; Unwin Hyman Ltd, 1990.
- Plant growth and Development: a molecular approach: DE. Fosket; Academic Press 1994.
- Developmental Biology: Scott F. Gilbert; Sinauer Associates Inc; 2010.
- Essential Developmental Biology: J. Slack; Wiley Blackwell Scientific. 2nd edition; 2005.
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