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