Topics

  1. Basic concepts of development
    1. Potency
    2. Commitment
    3. Specification
    4. Induction
    5. Competence
    6. Determination
    7. Differentiation
    8. Morphogenetic gradients
    9. Cell fate and cell lineages
    10. Stem cells
    11. Genomic equivalence and the cytoplasmic determinants
    12. Imprinting
    13. Mutants
    14. Transgenics in analysis of development
  2. Gametogenesis, fertilization and early development
    1. Production of gametes
    2. Cell surface molecules in sperm-egg recognition in animals
    3. Embryo sac development
    4. Double fertilization in plants
    5. Zygote formation
    6. Cleavage
    7. Blastula formation
    8. Embryonic fields
    9. Gastrulation
    10. Formation of germ layers in animals
    11. Embryogenesis
    12. Establishment of symmetry in plants
    13. Seed formation
    14. Germination
  3. Morphogenesis and organogenesis in animals:
    1. Cell aggregation and differentiation in Dictyostelium
    2. Axes and pattern formation in
      1. Drosophila
      2. Amphibia
      3. Chick
    3. Organogenesis
      1. Vulva formation in Caenorhabditis elegans
      2. Eye lens induction
      3. Limb development
      4. Regeneration in vertebrates
    4. Differentiation of neurons
    5. Post embryonic development
      1. Larval formation
      2. Metamorphosis
      3. Environmental regulation of normal development
    6. Sex determination
  4. Morphogenesis and organogenesis in plants
    1. Organization of shoot and root apical meristem
    2. Shoot and root development
    3. Leaf development and phyllotaxy
    4. Transition to flowering
    5. Floral meristems
    6. Floral development
      1. Arabidopsis
      2. Antirrhinum.
  5. Programmed cell death, aging and senescence
    1. Programmed cell death
    2. Aging
    3. Senescence
Heart Illustration

Heart Programming During Development: LHS ≠ RHS

Wnt is important for various processes during heart development - for instance second heart field (SHF) progenitor proliferation and differentiation (bear with me and hold on to this term for a while), atrioventricular junction development, ion channel gene expression, etc.

Spermatogenesis

Gametogenesis is required process for sexual reproduction to create new offspring in living organisms. In human males the process of formation of sperms is known as spermatogenesis.