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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

BIOL 466 - Developmental Biology


Development biology from the perspective of evolutionary biology and embryology and genetics. Elucidation of general principles about the genetic basis of morphologic changes and regulatory mechanisms, the genetics toolkit for development of model species, and the regulation and function of these genes in the complex hierarchies that govern animal development. This course is crosslisted with BIOL 666. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in the following: BIOL 190A  and BIOL 190L  (formerly BIOL 196), BIOL 191A  and BIOL 191L  (formerly BIOL 197), CHEM 121A  and CHEM 121L , CHEM 122A  and CHEM 122L ,  ENG 102  or ENG 114  or HON 100 , and MATH 127  or 128   or 181 ,   or BIOL 304 , and BIOL 405  or  . The maximum number of attempts for  BIOL 466 is three, including earned grades, withdrawals and audits.