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Principles of Developmental Biology

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Lecture 1- Introduction
What is developmental biology,
Why does the uk population provid...,
What are 3 key concepts which aff...
24  cards
Lecture 2/3- Basic principles and techniques
What are the 3 germ layers and wh...,
Name some processes which underli...,
Describe pattern formation in a d...
27  cards
Lecture 4- Morphogens
What is a morphogen,
What mechanism do morphogens follow,
How is a cells fate determined by...
34  cards
Lecture 5- Hh and Wnt signalling
How were hh and wnt first discove...,
What type of gene is hh,
How is the hh ligand formed and h...
34  cards
Lecture 6- Introduction to drosophila
What are advantages and disadvant...,
Briefly outline the lifecycle of ...,
What was discovered by morgan in ...
24  cards
Lecture 7- Development of the Drosophila body plan
Briefly outline the segmentation ...,
Why is complementation testing co...,
What occurs if a mutation occurs ...
30  cards
Lecture 8- Germ layer formation, axis formation and gastrulation
How are the embryonic germ layers...,
What is the evidence that vegetal...,
When the unfertilised egg from th...
30  cards
Lecture 9- Axis formation, neural induction and neural tube patterning
Define gastrulation,
By which pathway do organiser pre...,
What cells does the organiser com...
39  cards
Lecture 10- TGFbeta and FGF signaling
How are cell fates progressively ...,
Outline the key features of signa...,
What are the 3 families within th...
50  cards
Lecture 11- Somite formation
What is the site of gastrulation ...,
In chicks what is associated with...,
What happens to cells over time d...
39  cards
Lecture 12- Myogenesis
What functions are skeletal muscl...,
Outline the basic steps in making...,
What are 2 ways in which methylat...
44  cards
Lecture 13- Chondrogenesis
What are 2 structures that derive...,
What 3 tissues are responsible fo...,
What is chondrogenesis
46  cards
Lecture 14- Drosophila appendage development
What can be observed and conclude...,
What can cause defects and limbs ...,
What is the name of the tissues i...
43  cards
Lecture 15- Vertebrate limb formation
Define pattern formation,
Define positional information,
What are the 3 axes of the verteb...
44  cards
Lecture 16- Branching morphogenesis in organs
Why is branching morphogenesis es...,
Give examples of organs where bra...,
What does lung branching morphoge...
51  cards
Lecture 17- Heart development
What is congenital heart disease,
Give 3 examples of organisms with...,
Describe the heart structure in x...
49  cards

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