MCD BIO 201Biology of Model Organisms
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Exploration of the species that have become established as traditional model organisms including fruit fly, mouse, nematode, rock cress, and zebrafish. Consideration also of stem cells, organoids, and new species that are being developed as emerging models.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.