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Introduction to Ontogeny

Course code

MLB7031.LT

old course code

MLB7031

Course title in Estonian

Organismide ontogenees

Course title in English

Introduction to Ontogeny

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Mari Palgi (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Create the understanding of the patterns of early embryonic development and development of body organs in the different groups of organisms (including human)

Brief description of the course

Gametogenesis, ontogeny, parthenogenesis, metamorphosis and regeneration in different organism’s groups
Cell cycle; meiosis and mitosis
Constitution and development of tissues and organs
Sexual and asexual reproduction
Life expectancy

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has skill to describe the gametogenesis;
- has skill to describe the phases of organism’s development;
- has capability to understand the regulation mechanisms of individual’s development;
- has capability to explain the different mechanisms of sexual and asexual reproduction;
- has capability to distinguish and explain the factors have the influence on the life expectancy.

Teacher

Mari Palgi PhD, Richard Tamme PhD

Prerequisite course 1

Cell Biology (MLB7021.LT)

Study programmes containing that course