Merging of Research and Teaching in Developmental Biology: Adaptation of Current Scientific Research Papers for Use in Undergraduate Laboratory Exercises

ties, teaching and research. Curricular reform, or the changes in format and content of formal course work, is necessarily a continuing process. It is a response to (1) a revolution of ideas; (2) novel multiand interdisciplinary methods of study; and (3) a constant increase in the volume of scientific literature. Developmental biology in particular is sensitive to these pressures. The most important pressure for reform, however, is the desire of teachers to find a better