Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences
• 26.04 - Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

26.0404 - Developmental Biology and Embryology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of embryology, development, and growth of animals and human beings. These programs include courses in fertilization, oogenesis, histogenesis, gastrulation, and cell differentiation; embryological development including organ and pattern formation, morphogenesis, gene regulation, cell lineage, and fate maps; disease and defect studies; transgenic and evolutionary models of growth and development; and applications to specific organisms and phyla.

• Example Program Names:

  • Developmental biology
  • Embryology

• Exclusion

  • Child development(19.0706)
  • Cellular biology(26.0401)
  • Genetics(26.0801)
  • Human genetics(26.0806)