DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

- central to all other areas of biology – unites cell biology, genetics and morphology

- in last 25 years grew into the most exciting and dynamic field of biology…..due to the advances
in three main traditions: the experimental embryology, developmental genetics and molecular
biology. All animals develop similarly, that including the worm, fly, fish or mammal.

- significant impact on society, in vitro fertilization, teratology, birth defects.

- future impact: functional genomics and functional proteomics, disease therapy, prenatal
screening, transplantation, embryonal stem cells, therapeutic cloning.