This is the Education section of the main web site for the Society for Developmental Biology . This cyberspace guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development is packed with information and photographic images. Indexes list genes in alphabetical order, by biochemical function, and by developmental function and biochemical pathways.
Visitors can study developmental processes.
The biochemical information presented is based on recent experimental work, most of it carried out during the last 10 years. A fascinating look at images of human and mouse embryos at various stages, with both surface views and cross-sections. This clear, carefully developed tutorial supplements developmental biology lectures by introducing participants to the dynamics of embryonic development. Numerous diagrams, micrographs, and movies illustrate tutorials examining such topics as fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, neurulation, and the development of a variety of animals-including frogs, fish, Drosophila, chicks, and humans. Fishscope Time lapse recordings and confocal images dealing with the developmental biology of fish.