Fertilization & Early Development
A 16-module path through fertilization & early development, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Fundamental Questions of Developmental Biology
- Gametogenesis: From Germ Cells to Gametes
- Oogenesis: Building the Egg
- Spermatogenesis: Building the Sperm
- Fertilization: Sperm-Egg Recognition and Fusion
- Blocks to Polyspermy
- Egg Activation and the Cell Cycle Restart
- Cytoplasmic Determinants and Egg Polarity
- Cleavage: The Rapid Division of the Zygote
- Cleavage Patterns Across Taxa
- Blastula Formation and the Blastocoel
- The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition
- Cell Fate, Potency, and Commitment
- The Fate Map
- Gastrulation: Reorganizing the Blastula
- Germ Layer Formation and Fates