Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction

BIO 4403, 5403

Syllabus - Fall 2008

Course Design and PowerPoint Presentations

adapted primarily from "Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction" by Julian Lombardi (1998). 

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston

Part I.  Introduction to Vertebrate Reproductive Biology

Part II.  Sex and Sexual Differentiation

Part III.  Modes of Reproduction

Part IV.  Urogenital Structure and Integration

Part V.  Gametes and Their Production

       1st Exam

Part VI.  Reproductive Regulation

Part VII.  Fertilization and Cleavage

Part VIII.  Embryogenesis

Part IX.  Ovuliparity and Modes of Embryo Retention

      2nd Exam

Part X.  Postpartum Care of Young

Part XI.   Life Histories

Part XII. Mating Systems and Reproductive Ecology

      FINAL Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

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