415.671.92 Developmental Biology and Human Malformations II
- Department:
- Health Behavior and Society
- Term:
- 2nd term
- Credits:
- 1 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2019 - 2020
- Location:
- NIH - Bethesda, MD
- Class Times:
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- Wednesday, 5:30 - 6:30pm
- Auditors Allowed:
- No
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Contact:
- Leslie Biesecker
- Course Instructor :
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- Leslie Biesecker
- Frequency Schedule:
- Every Other Year
- Next Offered:
- 2021 - 2022
- Resources:
- Description:
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Familiarizes students with modern developmental biology and the use of this knowledge to understand common human malformations. Includes lectures on the methodology and model systems of developmental biology; a review of preimplantation development and gastrulation, and embryogensis/organogensis. Subsequent lectures focus on the development of organ systems.
- Learning Objectives:
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Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the different ways to analyze birth defects: analytically, embryologically, and by developmental biological analysis
- Describe the basic stages of development: preimplantation, gastrulation, organogenesis, and fetal growth
- Describe the basic genetic molecular control mechanisms of development
- Describe the basic concept of evolutionary conservation of ontogeny
- Define the concepts of homologous genes and structures
- Describe the mechanism of laterality determination in vertebrates
- Analyze a congenital anomaly including the embryology and developmental biology of the genesis of the abnormality using sources including appropriate textbooks, journal articles and online resources
- Methods of Assessment:
Final exam.
- Multiterm:
- Instructor Consent:
Consent required for some students
- Consent Note:
Consent required for non-ScM students.
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