USM also has a chapter of called Tri-Beta Beta Beta Beta The National Biological Honor Society. Check out the Tri-Beta website: http://www.tri-beta.org The chapter is planning a nearby day hike on Sunday, Sept. 29th. If you’d like to get more info about Tri-Beta and/or go on a fun hike, please email the faculty advisor, Dave Champlin: champlin@maine.edu Welcome!
Day Date Reading Topic T 9/3 pp.216-231 (Ch. 6) C. elegans, model systems, and molecular genetics Watch three Audio/Video handouts: 1A), 1B), and 1C Th 9/5 Ch. 1 An introduction to developmental biology T 9/10 QUIZ 1 (covers A/V Handouts 1A, 1B, and 1C) More introduction Watch two Audio/Video handouts: Review of transcription regulation, Parts 1 and 2 Th 9/12 Ch. 3 Vertebrate life cycles T 9/17 QUIZ 2 (covers A/V Handouts 2A and 2B) Vertebrate axes and germ layers Th 9/19 CH. 4 Vertebrate axial patterning T 9/24 More vertebrate body plan Th 9/26 Ch. 5 Early patterning of vertebrate nervous systems T 10/1 EXAM 1 Chapters 1, 3, 4, and pp216-231 Lectures and Handouts Th 10/3 Ch. 2 Molecular development of Drosophila T 10/8 More molecular development of Drosophila Th 10/10 Ch. 7 Plant development On Thursday, 10/10, Please bring a copy of the primary research article you have selected (or more than one if you haven’t decided) plus your notes on the article.
Chapter 1
Modern Developmental Biology began in 1985 and developmental biology is in a golden era of research discovery. The 1800’s were also a golden era of research discovery in developmental biology (at that time it was called embryology).
In the last 20 years, developmental biologists have cracked the mystery of both growth and patterning. Surprisingly, they were black boxes before that.
Use human steroid hormone as a permissive example.
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terms from Genetics: cis-acting trans-acting
In the early 1800’s, descriptive embryology began:
Box 1B, p. 15
Draw the pathway of cell A affecting gene expression in cell B
In the early 1800’s, descriptive embryology began: In the late 1800’s, experimental embryology began.
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