Developmental Biology and Embryology
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Biological And Biomedical Sciences
What is it about?
A program that focuses on the scientific study of embryology, development, and growth of animals and human beings. Includes instruction in fertilization, oogenesis, histogenesis, gastrulation, and cell differentiation; embryological development including organ and pattern formation, morphogenesis, gene regulation, cell lineage, and fate maps; disease and defect studies; transgenic and evolutionary models of growth and development; and applications to specific organisms and phyla.
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Average private university graduating class: 37 students.
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- Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
