ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: BBS10152f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Developmental Biology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Wojciech Kruszyński
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Ater completing the course students will be able to characterize each stage of pre- and postnatal development of an organism as well as recognize microscopic images of different stages of embryonic development.

Competences: Pssing the course permits working in laboratories where tissues are cultured and cytogenetic studies are carried out.

Prerequisites: biochemistry, genetics, anatomy and histology, cell biology

Course content: The overall purpose of the course is to provide students with theoretical and practical background concerning cell differentiation, early development, genetic regulation of developmental processes, morphogenesis, organogenesis and signal transduction.

Recommended literature: Le Moigne A. (1999). Biologia rozwoju. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Rodkiewicz B. (1998). Biologia rozwoju w zarysie. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Jura Cz., Krzanowska H., Rzehak K. (1985). Podstawy embriologii zwierząt. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Twyman R.M. (2003). Biologia rozwoju. Krótkie wykłady. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training and oral exam; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.

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