Developmental Biology
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Developmental Biology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Developmental Biology (subject code 3170415) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 30 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3170415)Unit 1 Basic concepts of development
- Morphogenetic gradients
- Cell fate and cell lineages
- Stem cells
- Genomic equivalence and the cytoplasmic determinants
- Transgenics in analysis of development
Unit 2 Sex determination, Gametogenesis, fertilization and early development Production of
- Cell surface molecules in sperm-egg recognition in animals
- Embryo sac development
- Double fertilization in plants
- Zygote formation
- Blastula formation
- Embryonic fields
- Formation of germ layers in animals
- Establishment of symmetry in plants
- Seed formation
Unit 3 Morphogenesis and organogenesis in animals
- Morphogenesis and organogenesis in animals : Cell aggregation and differentiation in Dictyostelium
- axes and pattern formation in Drosophila
- amphibia and chick
- 14 Subject Code: 3170415 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 organogenesis – vulva formation in Caenorhabditis elegans
- eye lens induction
- limb development and regeneration in vertebrates
- differentiation of neurons
- post embryonic development- larval formation
- environmental regulation of normal development
- sex determination
Unit 4 Morphogenesis and organogenesis in plants
- Organization of shoot and root apical meristem
- shoot and root development
- leaf development and phyllotaxy
- transition to flowering
- floral meristems and floral development in Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum
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