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BIOL 3330

Molecular Biology of Development

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2025

Topics

  • Each week, you have one or two deliverables to submit by the next evening at

Readings

  • Alberts B et al. (2022) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 7th edition, W.W. Norton, New York, USA, ISBN 978-0-393-42708-0.
  • W. W. Norton, the publisher
  • Barresi MJF, Gilbert SF (2020) Developmental biology, 12th edition, Sinauer, New York, USA, 978-1-6053-5822-2.
  • Wolpert L, Tickle C (2011) Principles of development, 4th edition, Oxford University
  • Press, Oxford, UK, ISBN 978-0-19-954907-8.
  • US National Institutes of Health bookshelf ↗
    Source-linked resource
  • https://doi.org/10.1086/725865 ↗
    Source-linked resource
Winter 2023

Topics

  • Origins of developmental biology I
  • Origins of developmental biology II
  • The roles of cells in development
  • The development of multicellular organisms
  • Model organisms in developmental biology
  • Drosophila as a model animal organism
  • The regulation of gene expression I
  • The regulation of gene expression II: genetic switches
  • The regulation of gene expression III: small RNAs
  • Control of transcription in eukaryotic cells
  • Arabidopsis as a model plant organism
  • Control of translation in eukaryotic cells
  • Post-translational regulation of gene expression
  • Oral presentations session
  • Molecular cloning: introduction and uses in molecular biology
  • Principles of metabolic control
  • Metabolic evolution and the origin of life
  • Tools for probing gene function
  • Review and wrap-up
  • Redshelf for USD 65 or CAD
  • If you want a printed version, Amazon has it in looseleaf for CAD
  • be different. Patterson Library in Thunder Bay has the 9th edition, and the Harvie Library
  • (500 University Ave.) in Orillia has the 11th

Readings

  • 1. The course textbook is Barresi and Gilbert's Developmental biology, 12th edition (2020). It's strongly recommended but not required.
  • If you have access to an older version, that is fine, but chapter and page numbers will likely be different. Patterson Library in Thunder Bay has the 9th edition, and the Harvie Library (500 University Ave.) in Orillia has the 11th; both are on 1-day (overnight) loan and
  • 2. If you want to receive participation marks
  • Gilbert, Scott F., 1949- author.; Barresi, Michael J. F., 1974- author. 2016; 11th edition Orillia Harvie Legacy Library QL 955 G48 2016
  • Alberts, Bruce; Wilson, John ; Hunt, Tim; et al. 2015; 6th edition Orillia Harvie Legacy Library QH 581.2 M64 2015
  • Wolpert, Lewis 2007; 3rd edition Chancellor Paterson Library QH 491 P74 2007
  • Gilbert, Scott F., 1949- 2010; 9th edition Chancellor Paterson Library QL 955 G44 2010
  • Alberts, Bruce. 2002; 4th edition Chancellor Paterson Library QH 581.2 M64 2002
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