Jnuary 17, Lecture 1, The Stages of Development

Gilbert, pp. 3-6 (middle of page)

Gilbert, pp. 28-31 (Developmental patterns among metazoans)
Background
Gilbert, Chapter 1 (review mitosis, meiosis, early classic experiments
in developmental biology

Diagram the developmental history of one of the other representative organisms analogous
to the diagram of Xenopus laevisdevelopmental history. By the end of the first unit you
should be able to do that for the seven animal organisms.

January, 19, Lecture 2, Fertilization
Gilbert, Chapter 2, except for the few figures not dealing with one of the seven
representative animal organisms

The remaining parts of Gilbert Chapter 2, especially the Styela cytoplasmic rearrangements
which are one of the most famous observations in classical developmental biology.

January 24, Lecture 3, Cleavage
Gilbert, pp. 75-83 ( to middle of page)
Gilbert, pp. 89-111

Gilbert, remainder of Chapter 3. This covers a number of organisms and cleavage patterns
that were heavily studied earlier in this century. If you are considering going to graduate
school or taking the GRE examination in Biology, it might be useful to review this matierial
since it is taught in many traditional embryology courses.

You should be able to compare and contrast cleavage between any two of the seven
representative animal organisms.

January 26, Lecture 4, Gastrulation
Gilbert, Chapter 4 (gastrulation in sea urchins, Xenopus laevis, chick, and mammals).
Gilbert, pp. 651-652 (gastrulation in Drosophila melanogaster).
Alberts, et al.,Molecular Biology of the Cell, pp. 879-888.

January 31, Lecture 5, Organogenesis
Gilbert, pp. 157 bottom - 164;
pp. 167 middle - 179 top
pp. 180-184 bottom
pp. 191-193
pp. 201-209 bottom
pp. 215 bottom - 221 middle
pp. 222 middle - 224
pp. 232, 235 Figure 37
pp. 237-238

February 2, Lecture 6, Post Embryonic Development
Handout-post embryonic development in Drosophila melanogaster
Gilbert, p. 5, Figure 1.
Gilbert, p. 116, Figure 1.

February 7, Lecture 7, Gametogenesis