BIO 410P - Embryology

4 credit(s) High Impact Practice: Collaborative Learning
How does an organism arise from a single cell? How does fertilization occur and what is directing and controlling development into a complex, multicellular organism? Recent technological advances have begun to shed light on these wonders. Both basic life sciences and clinical medicine have benefited from discoveries in Embryology. Embryology is a lecture/laboratory course that’s designed to introduce students to the cellular and molecular mechanisms of gametogenesis (the formation of eggs and sperm), fertilization (the union of a sperm and an egg to form the primary nucleus of an embryo), and organogenesis (the process of formation of organs from three germ layers) in vertebrates. The laboratory portion of the course covers different aspects of vertebrate development using live cellular and embryonic materials including in vitro fertilization, embryonic cell culture, tissue culture, organ culture, microscopy and embryo dissection. The course also covers cutting edge topics like human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 272W and BIO 273W.
Laboratory fee.

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