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 Academic Year: |
2014/5 |
| Owning Department/School: |
Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
| Credits: |
6 |
| Level: |
Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary: |
ES 20%, EX 80% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
Before taking this unit you must take BB20149 |
| Description: |
Aims: To provide an advanced course in developmental biology that will communicate the excitement of recent research advances. Learning Outcomes: After taking this course the student should be able to: * explain the basic principles underlying development and organogenesis in vertebrate and invertebrate organisms; * relate the mechanisms of development to cellular and molecular events; * describe and explain the applications and implications of research in developmental biology to human developmental defects. Skills: Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Information handling & retrieval T/F/A, Working independently T/F. Content: This course builds on year 2 material to give a comprehensive grounding in developmental biology. The lectures will cover HOX genes, somitogenesis, myogenesis, neural development, epithelial-mesenchymal interaction, cell polarity, stem cells, germline development, limb development and regeneration, developmental defects and wound healing. |
| Programme availability: |
BB30067 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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