| 1) Wed. Jan 7 | Differences and similarities between human embryos versus sea urchin embryos; lecture notes and review questions | |
| 2) Fri. Jan 9 | Subdivision of embryos into germ layers; lecture notes; review questions | |
| 3) Mon. Jan 12 | Embryonic development in teleost fish; lecture notes; review questions | |
| 4) Wed. Jan 14 | Class canceled because of weather | |
| 5) Fri. Jan 16 |
Embryonic development of amphibians (= salamanders and frogs); lecture notes; review questions on cell movements and induction |
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| Mon. Jan 19 | ******* Holiday in honor of Martin Luther King ******** | |
| 6) Wed. Jan 21 | Embryonic development of birds and reptiles; lecture notes and review questions; | |
| 7) Fri. Jan 23 | Changes in strengths and directions of forces cause changes in shapes of cells, embryos and organs; lecture notes |
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| 8) Mon. Jan 26 | Birth defects in relation to embryonic development; lecture notes; review questions a few more notes on twins |
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| 9) Wed. Jan 28 | Review for first hour exam: important vocabulary review |
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| 10) Fri. Jan 30 | First Hour Examination | |
| 11) Mon. Feb 2 | Experimental Embryology, fate maps, the mystery of embryonic regulation; lecture notes | |
| 12) Wed. Feb 4 | What physical forces build anatomical structures? Pressures & cytoplasmic contraction; lecture notes | |
| 13) Fri. Feb 6 | How forces create specific shapes; Tensors; Pressure = Tension x Curvature | |
| 14) Mon. Feb 9 | Different kinds of amoeboid locomotion; How cells crawl using cytoplasmic actin assembly; lecture notes | |
| 15) Wed. Feb 11 | Reaction-diffusion systems for generating anatomical patterns | |
| 16) Fri. Feb 13 | Reaction-diffusion systems, continued; lecture notes | |
| 17) Mon. Feb 16 | Symmetry explains more than most people; lecture notes | |
| 18) Wed. Feb 18 | snow day | |
| 19) Fri. Feb 20 | more on symmetry and pattern formation; review questions some personal reflections on symmetry |
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| 20) Mon. Feb 23 | Stem cells, and then ectodermal organs; notes on stem cells; and notes on ectodermal organs | |
| 21) Wed. Feb 25 | snow day;
some review questions for the exam next week review questions mostly on the Feb 2 lecture review questions for the Feb 4 lecture review questions for the Feb 13 lecture review questions on ectodermal organs
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| 22) Fri. Feb 27 | another snow day | |
| 23) Mon. Mar 2 | continuing with ectoderm, and review for the exam | |
| 24) Wed. Mar 4 | Second hour examination | |
| 25) Fri. Mar 6 | Plant development, compared with animal embryology; lecture notes This lecture was cancelled because of weather. Please watch last year's video on the same topic. | |
| SPRING BREAK | ||
| 26) Mon. Mar 16 | Mesodermal organs; lecture notes | |
| 27) Wed. Mar 18 | Mesodermal organs continued: heart (see Monday's notes) | |
| 28) Fri. Mar 20 | Endodermal organs; lecture notes | |
| 29) Mon. Mar 23 | Snakes! and prepatterns, positional information, shape homeostasis, and more lecture notes |
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| 30) Wed. Mar 25 | Atherosclerosis; (lecture notes) | |
| 31) Fri. Mar 27 | Limb buds; lecture notes | |
| 32) Mon. Mar 30 | More on diffusion gradients and limb bud grafting; lecture notes; two figures about limb grafting that were shown in this lecture |
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| 33) Wed. Apr 1 | Regeneration and apoptosis; lecture notes | |
| Good Friday Holiday | ||
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first set of review questions for the exam Monday 5 pm: Answers to the germ layer questions have been added. second set of review questions third set of review questions fourth set of review questions fifth set of review questions |
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This completes the list of review questions. Remember that you are also responsible for all photographs and diagrams in the lecture notes. |
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| 34) Mon. Apr 6 | Regeneration continued, and review for the exam | |
| 35) Wed. Apr 8 | Third hour examination | |
| 36) Fri. Apr 10 | Sex determination: sometimes specific genes; ratios of chromosomes; or temperatures; lecture notes | |
| 37) Mon. Apr 13 | Metamorphosis: Tadpoles to frogs; Caterpillars to butterflies? Plutei to urchins? lecture notes | |
| 38) Wed. Apr 15 | Aging; lecture notes Five common misunderstandings Liesegang rings |
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| 39) Fri. Apr 17 | Immunology and Autoimmunity; lecture notes; figures were added Friday 10:25 am | |
| 40) Mon. Apr 20 | Cancer lecture notes; revised 10:30 pm April 21 | |
| 41) Wed. Apr 22 | Cancer continued | |
| 42) Fri. Apr 24 | Evo-Devo; lecture notes | |
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first set of review questions for the final exam second set of review questions, and some more notes  third set of review questions fourth set of review questions; one more question was added at 8:40 am on Friday. |
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| FINAL EXAM: Monday May 4, at 8 AM |