Table of Contents

1. History and basic concepts; 2. Model systems; 3. Patterning the vertebrate body plan I: axes and germ layers; 4. Patterning the vertebrate body plan II: the mesoderm and early nervous system; 5. Development of the Drosophila body plan; 6. Development of nematodes, sea urchins, ascidians, and slime molds; 7. Plant development; 8. Morphogenesis: change in form in the early embryo; 9. Cell differentiation; 10. Organogenesis; 11. Development of the nervous system; 12. Germ cells and sex; 13. Regeneration; 14. Growth and post-embryonic development; 15. Evolution and development