| 1) Mon. Jan. 12 | Basic concepts of embryonic development | Pages 3-17 both editions; web page |
| 2) Wed. Jan. 14 | Varieties of life cycles in different kinds of organism | Chapter 2 (in both editions) |
| 3) Fri. Jan. 16 | Experimental Embryology | Chapter 3 (in both editions) |
| Mon. Jan 19 | Holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. | |
| 4) Wed. Jan. 21 | Embryology in relation to Genetics | Chapter 4 (in both editions); web page |
| 5) Fri. Jan. 23 | Cell differentiation, and the mechanisms by which it is controlled | Chapter 5 (in both editions) |
| 6) Mon. Jan. 26 | Cell-cell communication mechanisms in the control of development | Chapter 6 (in both editions) |
| 7) Wed. Jan. 28 | Computer and mathematical modeling of pattern formation | Pages 18-22 in 7th ed, 19-23 in 8th ed. web page |
| 8) Fri. Jan. 30 | Review in preparation for the first examination | additional review questions |
| 9) Mon. Feb. 2 | FIRST EXAMINATION | |
| 10) Wed. Feb. 4 | Cell locomotion, traction, electro-osmosis & other forces in the embryo | web page |
| 11) Fri. Feb. 6 | continued | |
| 12) Mon. Feb. 9 | Generation of spatial patterns | web page |
| 13) Wed. Feb. 11 | Fertilization and early cleavage | Chapters 7 & 8; web page |
| Feb. 11 & 12 labs | information for this week's laboratory | |
| 14) Fri. Feb. 13 | Genes that control axis development in flies | Chapter 9; web page |
| 15) Mon. Feb. 16 | Development of frog and salamander embryos | Chapter 10; web page |
| 16) Wed. Feb. 18 | Development of teleost fish and bird embryos | Pages 345-357 in 7th; 325-336 in 8th ed. web page |
| 17) Fri. Feb. 20 | continued | Pages 354-363 in 7th; 337-347 in 8th ed. |
| 18) Mon. Feb. 23 | Symmetry | Pages 363-383 in 7th; 348-366 in 8th ed. web page |
| 19) Wed. Feb. 25 | Extraembryonic membranes and identical twinning; mammalian development | web page |
| 20) Fri. Feb. 27 | Review in preparation for the second examination | review questions |
| 21) Mon. Mar. 2 | classes were cancelled | |
| 22) Wed. Mar. 4 | second exam | |
| 23) Fri. Mar. 6 | Neural crest ectoderm | Chapter 13 |
| March 9-13 spring break | ||
| 24) Mon. Mar. 16 | Ectoderm development | Chapter 12, web page |
| 25) Wed. Mar. 18 | Ectoderm development | Chapter 12. |
| 26) Fri. Mar. 20 | Guidance of nerve axons | Chapter 12. |
| 27) Mon. Mar. 23 | Retino-tectal projection of optic nerve | Chapter 13, web page |
| 28) Wed. Mar. 25 | Notochord and somite development | Chapter 14, web page |
| 29) Fri. Mar. 27 | Heart and kidney development | Chapter 14, web page |
| 30) Mon. Mar. 30 | Lateral plate mesoderm, heart and blood vessel | Chapter 15, same web page as for March 27 |
| 31) Wed. Apr. 1 | ||
| 32) Fri. Apr. 3 | ||
| 33) Mon. Apr. 6 | Review in preparation for the third examination | review questions |
| 34) Wed. Apr. 8 | THIRD EXAMINATION | |
| April 10 is the Good Friday Holiday | ||
| 36) Mon. Apr. 13 | Mechanical forces and tensor variables in relation to embryonic development |
web page |
| 37) Wed. Apr. 15 | Mechanical forces and tensor variables, continued | |
| 38) Fri. Apr. 17 | Genetic and hormonal control of sex in vertebrates | web page |
| 39) Mon. Apr. 20 | Cancer, from an embryological point of view | web page |
| 40) Wed. Apr. 22 | Immunology, allergies, and autoimmune diseases in relation to embryology |
web page |
| 41) Fri. Apr. 24 | Induction of birth defects by industrial pollutants | Chapter 22 |
| 42) Mon. Apr. 27 | Evolutionary Developmental Biology | Chapter 23; web page |