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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MOT 6042	DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	9

Offered By

Molecular Medicine

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YASEMIN SOYSAL

Offered to

Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is that students learn basic molecular structure and functions about developmental biology and the role of genetic factors in development

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Learning basic structure and functions of developmental biology
2	To become knowledgeable about the anatomic approach to developmental biology
3	Understanding the roles of genetic factors in developmental biology
4	Gain knowledge about the early development of invertabrates and some vertabrates
5	Gain knowledge about ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm and tetrapot development
6	Gain knowledge about fertilization, sex determination and postembryonic development
7	To discuss the medical points of developmental biology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Principles of development in biology, Anatomical approaches to developmental biology
2	Genetic approaches to developmental biology
3	Cell Cell communication in development
4	Fertilization, Early development in selected invertabrates
5	Early drosophilia and early mammalian development
6	Formation of ectoderm, Neural crest and axonal specificity
7	Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm
8	Lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm
9	Development of the tetrapod limb
10	Sex determination
11	Postembryonic development
12	Medical points of developmental biology

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Gelişim Biyolojisi, Scott F. Gilbert, Çeviri Editörleri Prof.Dr. Melike Erkan, Prof.Dr. Tülay Irez, Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri Ltd.Sti. 2013, ISBN: 978-975-420-954-9
2. Principles of Developmental Genetics, Sally A. Moody, Academic Press, Elsevier, USA, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-12-369548-2
3. Principles of Development, 3rd Ed., Lewis Wolpert, Oxford University Press, New York, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-19-927537-3
4. Developmental Genetics, Gurbachan S. Miglani, I.K. International, New Delhi, 2006, ISBN: 81-88237-59-0

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be run in an integrated way-winding theory. The methods of learning will be interactive.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PAR	PARTICIPATION
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	VZ * 0.20 + ODV * 0.10 + DKL* 0.20 +FN*0.50
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	VZ * 0.20 + ODV * 0.10 + DKL* 0.20 + BUT*0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The student is expected to read the resources before coming to class.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yasemin Soysal,
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Molecular Medicine,
Health Science Institute
Dokuz Eylul University
35340 Inciralti/Izmir Turkey
Office: 0090 232 4126905

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	8	96
Preparing presentations	1	17	17
Preparation for final exam	1	40	40
Preparation for midterm exam	1	30	30
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.14
LO.1	5	4	5								5		5
LO.2	5	5											4
LO.3	5	5		4	4		4					4	4
LO.4	5	5											4
LO.5	5	5	4										4
LO.6	5	5	4										4
LO.7	5	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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