ANIMAL DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS
Advanced genetics course focusing on genetic mechanisms of animal embryonic development, with particular emphasis on central molecular circuitries that control development and genetic analytical tools used to reveal them. Address topics including maternal and epigenetic inheritance, the egg-to-embryo transition, pattern formation, organogenesis, coordination of cellular and molecular mechanisms, and animal models of human congenital disorders.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: GENETICS 466 , 468 , or BIOCORE 587 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate concepts in genetics in the identification and function of genes involved in development and cell differentiation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand developmental cascades and morphogenetic processes involved in patterning and diversification of the animal tissue plan. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply developmental genetic principles towards the understanding of syndromes in animals, including humans. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Learn principles underlying the divergence of body types during evolution. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate concepts in genetics in the identification and function of genes involved in development and cell differentiation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand developmental cascades and morphogenetic processes involved in patterning and diversification of the animal tissue plan. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply developmental genetic principles towards the understanding of syndromes in animals, including humans. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Learn principles underlying the divergence of body types during evolution. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027