May 16, 2025  
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog

MCB 657 - Principles of Development


This course deals with developing systems at all levels from the morphological to the molecular. Illustrative material from both animal and plant kingdoms is used. Special attention is given to gametogenesis, genetic control of early development, transcriptional and translational control of protein synthesis, the role of cell division and cell movements, and cell-to-cell interactions in defining developing systems.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): MCB 656 , matriculation in graduate program or permission of instructor.

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.) ​

Offered Fall