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= '''FALL 2012 (EEB 3273)''' =
== '''Instructor''' ==
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[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate skeleton archetype]]<br>
[[Image:KurtCopperhead03sm.jpg|frame|right|Dr. Schwenk demonstrating the safest way to handle a venomous snake...]]
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[[Image:Comparativeanatomyclassdissecting.JPG|center|frame|Fall 2010 class in the lab]]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''INSTRUCTOR'''</h2>
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[[Image:Kurt2RacersAtFenton4_10sm.jpg|thumb||left]]
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[[Image:SchwenkPortrait7_08sm.jpg|right|]]
 
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'''Kurt Schwenk''', Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
 
'''Kurt Schwenk''', Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
'''Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410, 412<br>
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'''Office:'''  PharmBio 600<br>
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'''Lab:''' PharmBio 410, 412<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
 
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
 
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
 
'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
Dr. Schwenk's [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']<br><br>
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Dr. Schwenk's [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']<br><br><br><br><br>
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== '''Teaching Assistants''' ==
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'''HOW TO GET TO DR. SCHWENK'S OFFICE FROM TORREY LIFE SCIENCES:'''<br>
[[Image:Tobias Laughing Lab.jpg|frame|right|Tobias expressing a rare moment of glee]]
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[[Image:Diego and Buster close.jpg|frame|right|Diego kindly posing for the photo, with Buster the iguana in the backdrop]]
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1. Go to basement of Torrey<br>
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2. Go to east end of hallway (the end closest to Pathobiology bldg., where PNB labs are)<br>
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3. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through double doors<br>
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4. Walk down ramp to elevator - take elevator to 6th floor<br>
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5. Exit elevator and turn sharp right - office door is right there (my name is on the wall)<br><br>
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'''HOW TO GET TO DR. SCHWENK'S OFFICE FROM PHARM-BIO BLDG. MAIN ENTRANCE:'''<br>
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1. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through main entrance<br>
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2. Go to lobby elevator, take to 6th floor<br>
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3. Exit elevator, turn right<br>
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4. Walk until you come to closed double doors that have sign on them saying 'Alarm Will Sound' - IGNORE THIS SIGN - no alarm will sound - and walk right through<br>
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5. Walk down hallway past labs and at end of hall pass through another set of double doors into freight elevator vestibule<br>
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6. Kurt's office is immediately to left of elevator
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
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[[Image:BillPortraitDissectSm8_12.jpg|thumb|left|]]
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[[Image:BillRyersonTApic1.jpg|thumb|right|]]
 
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<br>
'''Tobias Landberg''', MS, doctoral candidate<br>
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'''Bill Ryerson''', MS (doctoral student)<br>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410<br>
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'''Office/Lab:''' PharmBio 412<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
'''Email:''' tobias.landberg@uconn.edu<br>
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'''Email:''' william.ryerson@uconn.edu<br>
Tobias' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Tobias_Landberg '''web page''']<br><br>
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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'''Diego Sustaita''', MS, doctoral student<br>
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:170%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''ANNOUNCEMENTS'''</h2>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 404<br>
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<br><br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0309<br>
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*<font color="CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''NEW LECTURE EXAM 3-FINAL EXAM MATERIAL HAS BEEN POSTED (TUESDAY 12/11 EVENING—IT IS NOW COMPLETE (as of 12:32 am Wed morning)'''<font color="#000000">
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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<br>
'''Email:''' diego.sustaita@uconn.edu<br><br>
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''IMPORTANT: THE 'BRANCHIOMERIC MUSCLE EVOLUTION' PDF HAS BEEN REPOSTED FOR A 3RD TIME: AS OF 4:30 MONDAY, 5 NOV. IT IS CORRECTED. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION'''<font color="#000000">
 
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''NEW EXAM 2 STUDY MATERIAL POSTED BELOW'''<font color="#000000">
 
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== '''The Class''' ==
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''BILL'S FIRST DISSECTION VIDEO HAS BEEN POSTED—SEE LINK BELOW'''
[[Image:Comparative_anatomy_class_08.JPG|center]]
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== '''Important Documents To Download''' ==
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LECTURE SYLLABUS HAS BEEN REVISED (1 OCTOBER) TO REFLECT NEW LECTURE EXAM SCHEDULE'''
 
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(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_CourseInfo08.pdf}}  COURSE INFORMATION (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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*<span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''FINALS WEEK—OFFICIAL UCONN POLICY STATEMENT:'''<font color="#000000"><br><br>
  
(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule08.pdf}}  LECTURE SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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:Final assessment week for fall 2012 takes place from Monday, December 10th through Sunday, December 16th. Students are required to be available for their exam and/or complete an assessment during the time stated in the Registrar's Office Schedule. If you have a conflict with this time you must visit the Office of Student Services and Advocacy to discuss the possibility of rescheduling this assessment.<br><br>
  
(8/26) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LabSchedule08.pdf}}  LAB SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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:NEW THIS YEAR—OSSA is REQUIRING that '''students who have a conflict about which they have or should have had advanced notice''' (bunched, religious obligation, legal/medical appointments…) '''MUST seek permission to reschedule their assessment NO LATER THAN November 30th. '''<br><br>
  
(8/27)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}}  READING FOR FRIDAY, 8/29/08:  (Schwenk, K. (2002) Aristotle’s ghost. Creative Nonfiction No.19:32-40). <br>
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:Please note that vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, graduations, social events, misreading the assessment schedule and over-sleeping are not viable excuses for missing a final assessment. If you think that your situation warrants permission to reschedule, please contact the Office of Student Services and Advocacy (2nd floor Wilbur Cross) to meet with a staff member.
:'''COME TO CLASS PREPARED TO DISCUSS/ASK QUESTIONS, ETC.  SEE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW (IN ANNOUNCEMENTS) REGARDING ''EXTRA CREDIT'' FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!'''<br>
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(9/11)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Homology_Venn_Diagrama.pdf}}  STUDY AID FOR HOMOLOGY, ANALOGY AND PHENOTYPIC SIMILARITY (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''COURSE DOWNLOADS'''</h2>
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<br>'''''CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT or CLINK ON BLUE LINK TO VIEW FILE AND SAVE IT'''''
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<br><BR>
  
(9/25) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/CompAnatSampleExamQuestions.pdf}}  SAMPLE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">Course Information =
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9/1 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Course_Info_12.pdf}}  FALL 2012 COURSE INFORMATION SHEET<br>
  
(9/25) {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/CompAnatSampleExamAnswers.pdf}}  SAMPLE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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10/1 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule_12.pdf}}  FALL 2012 LECTURE SCHEDULE <font color="#CC000">'''(UPDATED 1 OCTOBER)'''<font color="#000000"><br>
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== '''Latest Announcements''' ==
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9/1  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab_Schedule_12.pdf}}  FALL 2012 LAB SCHEDULE<br>
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'''8/26/08'''  The 'Course Information' document as been updated since the version you received in class (download it above)<br><br>
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'''8/26/08'''  Lecture and Laboratory schedules are available for download - these have the exam schedules included (see yellow highlights).<br><br>
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9/1  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Student_Pics_8_29_12.pdf}}  ID PHOTOS OF YOU AND YOUR CLASSMATES!<br>
  
'''8/27/08'''  ''EXTRA CREDIT FOR FRIDAY READING (8/29)'' <br>
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9/1  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/12-13_AcademicCalender.pdf}} OFFICIAL UCONN 2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR<br>
:If you come to class with  one page (double spaced) of clearly written comments about the 'Aristotle's Ghost" reading, you will be awarded '''2 extra credit points'''. You must hand-in the assignment on ''Friday at the beginning of class'' to receive credit (no exceptions). Your one page should include comments, opinions, questions, or any other relevant issues you care to raise. It must be written in full sentences and be spell-checked! Even if you choose not to hand-in the paper for the extra-credit points, come prepared to talk about the issues raised in the paper and/or ask questions.<br><br>
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'''9/11/08'''   GET IT NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!<br>
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10/4   {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273ChordatePhylogenyFig.pdf}} PHYLOGENY OF CHORDATES<br>
:Download a 'Venn diagram' with helpful examples of homology, analogy, common ancestry, phenotypic similarity, above<br><br>
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'''9/25/08'''  Sample questions and answers for the first lecture exam are available for download<br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">Lecture Exam 1 Study Material =
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9/1  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Homology_Venn_Diagrama.pdf}} STUDY AID VENN DIAGRAM FOR HOMOLOGY, HOMOPLASY, ANALOGY
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9/27  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273.1.SomitesAndSkelDevo.ppt '''POWERPOINT PICTURES OF SOMITES, CARTILAGE, BONE AND DEVELOPING SKULL'''] (unlabeled for now)]<br>
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10/3  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273.2.SkullEvoDevoFromTextbookCh7.pdf}} PICTURES OF SKULL DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION FROM TEXTBOOK<br>
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10/3  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273SampleExam1Questions12.pdf}}  LECTURE EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS<br>
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10/4  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273Vocabulary1.pdf}}  LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 1 out of 4)<br>
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10/4  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273Vocabulary2.pdf}}  LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 2 out of 4)<br>
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10/4  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273Vocabulary3.pdf}}  LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 3 out of 4)<br>
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10/4  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273Vocabulary4.pdf}}  LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 4 out of 4)<br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">Lecture Exam 2 Study Material =
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10/10  [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273.EvolMammalJawJointAndEar.ppt '''POWERPOINT PICTURES ILLUSTRATING EVOLUTION OF THE JAW JOINT AND MIDDLE EAR''']<br>
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10/10   {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273.EvolMammalJawJointAndEar.pdf}} SAME AS ABOVE, BUT IN PDF FORMAT<br>
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11/3  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273.Ex2.MuscleVertebrae.pdf}} PICTURES OF MUSCLE AND VERTEBRAL STRUCTURE
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11/3  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/BranchiomericMuscleEvolChart.pdf}} EVOLUTION OF THE BRACHIOMERIC (VISCERAL ARCH) MUSCULATURE
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam1Answers.pdf}} ANSWERS TO LECTURE EXAM 1
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Vocab1.pdf}} LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 1
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Vocab2.pdf}} LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 2
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Vocab3.pdf}} LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 3
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Vocab4.pdf}} LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 4
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Vocab5.pdf}} LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 5
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11/6  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Vocab6.pdf}} LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 6 (FINAL)
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">Lecture Exam 3 Study Material =
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11/16  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273FinLimbEvolModFromShubinEA06.pdf}} FIN TO LIMB EVOLUTION FIGURE (all are fossil/extinct taxa)
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12/11  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273LectureExam2Answers12.pdf}} ANSWERS TO LECTURE EXAM 2 
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12/11  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273FishTetLimbHomologies.pdf}} CROSSOPTERYGIUM FIN-TETRAPOD FIN HOMOLOGIES
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12/11  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273GermLayerFlowChart.pdf}} EMBRYONIC GERM LAYER DERIVATIVE FLOW CHART (this is way more detail than you need to know, but it might help to review the basics)
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12/11  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273Exam3Vocab1.pdf}} EXAM 3 VOCABULARY 1 of 2
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12/11  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273Exam3Vocab2.pdf}} EXAM 3 VOCABULARY 2 of 2
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''COMPARATIVE ANATOMY FACEBOOK PAGE'''</h2>
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[https://www.facebook.com/groups/396619850391183/ Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''LINKS TO BILL'S DISSECTION VIDEOS'''</h2>
 
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(1) [http://www.facebook.com/v/10100688693893769 Bones and shark muscle dissection]
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(2) [http://www.facebook.com/v/10100739108008479 Shark brain and sheep brain dissection]
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<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''OTHER USEFUL LINKS'''</h2>
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'''Vertebrate Diversity'''
  
== '''Links to Related or Helpful Sites''' ==
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[http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html 'Tree of Life' website]
 
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[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu University of Michigan research collections - many pics of skulls, etc.]
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Facebook group for this class called [http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=9032808#/group.php?gid=24464986164 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomists]
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'''Cat Dissections'''
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[http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/ Virtual cat dissection]
 
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[http://homes.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/musc/muscular.htm Cat muscle dissection with self-quiz]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASopmay004 Cat circulatory system dissection]
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'''Feeding'''
 
'''Feeding'''
  
 
[http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/video-08c.html Shark feeding]
 
[http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/video-08c.html Shark feeding]
 
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[http://autodax.net/feedingmovieindex.html Stephen Deban's amphibian feeding videos]
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[http://debanlab.org/movies/l Steve Deban's incredible salamander, frog and chameleon feeding videos]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZwggWN_WY Python feeding]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZwggWN_WY Python feeding]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X45Fbss0Tk Crocodile feeding]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X45Fbss0Tk Crocodile feeding]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVs5QqgsyPk Giraffe feeding video]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=grvwgwJxnxo Giraffe feeding - lingual prehension of Acacia leaves]
 
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
 
[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
 
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[http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/sneaky-leopard-takes-down-impala/1jrekoqke?q=Leopard&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnrll Hidden leopard attacks impala]
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'''Locomotion'''
 
'''Locomotion'''
  
[http://www.biology.uc.edu/faculty/jayne/videos.htm Bruce Jayne's lizard locomotion videos]
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[http://www.artsci.uc.edu/collegedepts/biology/fac_staff/jayne/videos.aspx Bruce Jayne's videos of snake and lizard (and other) locomotion!]
 
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[http://www.arkive.org/smooth-snake/coronella-austriaca/video-06.html Snake locomotion]
 
[http://www.arkive.org/smooth-snake/coronella-austriaca/video-06.html Snake locomotion]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKBnE-_eC0 Turtle locomotion & breathing]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKBnE-_eC0 Turtle locomotion & breathing]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e-VkSYA1NU&feature=related Turtle/Tortoise walking—note it always has 3 feet on the ground for stability]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_wTk4Eaq8 Crocodile swimming]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_wTk4Eaq8 Crocodile swimming]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Qmi8MP5uI Crocodile galloping]
 
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl82AtZDOTE Armadillo gathering grass]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl82AtZDOTE Armadillo gathering grass]
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'''Place your bets'''
 
  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urFtOnsliI Cheetah vs. gazelle]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0zrah5JEBM Harpy eagle vs. sloth]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I&feature=related Golden eagle vs. mountain goat]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13GQbT2ljxs Crowned eagle vs. water chevrotain]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Yx1KXQMCM Golden Eagle vs. cougar]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJmP_MBuD7w Jaguar vs. anaconda]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZ_fMnikDA Hunter vs. deer]
 
 
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Revision as of 05:36, 12 December 2012

FALL 2012 (EEB 3273)

Owen's vertebrate skeleton archetype

Fall 2010 class in the lab



INSTRUCTOR


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Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: PharmBio 600
Lab: PharmBio 410, 412
Voice: (860) 486-0351
Lab phone: 860-486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page




HOW TO GET TO DR. SCHWENK'S OFFICE FROM TORREY LIFE SCIENCES:

1. Go to basement of Torrey
2. Go to east end of hallway (the end closest to Pathobiology bldg., where PNB labs are)
3. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through double doors
4. Walk down ramp to elevator - take elevator to 6th floor
5. Exit elevator and turn sharp right - office door is right there (my name is on the wall)

HOW TO GET TO DR. SCHWENK'S OFFICE FROM PHARM-BIO BLDG. MAIN ENTRANCE:

1. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through main entrance
2. Go to lobby elevator, take to 6th floor
3. Exit elevator, turn right
4. Walk until you come to closed double doors that have sign on them saying 'Alarm Will Sound' - IGNORE THIS SIGN - no alarm will sound - and walk right through
5. Walk down hallway past labs and at end of hall pass through another set of double doors into freight elevator vestibule
6. Kurt's office is immediately to left of elevator



TEACHING ASSISTANT


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Bill Ryerson, MS (doctoral student)
Office/Lab: PharmBio 412
Voice: (860) 486-4158
Fax: (860) 486-6364
Email: william.ryerson@uconn.edu








ANNOUNCEMENTS



  • NEW LECTURE EXAM 3-FINAL EXAM MATERIAL HAS BEEN POSTED (TUESDAY 12/11 EVENING—IT IS NOW COMPLETE (as of 12:32 am Wed morning)


  • IMPORTANT: THE 'BRANCHIOMERIC MUSCLE EVOLUTION' PDF HAS BEEN REPOSTED FOR A 3RD TIME: AS OF 4:30 MONDAY, 5 NOV. IT IS CORRECTED. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION


  • NEW EXAM 2 STUDY MATERIAL POSTED BELOW


  • BILL'S FIRST DISSECTION VIDEO HAS BEEN POSTED—SEE LINK BELOW


  • LECTURE SYLLABUS HAS BEEN REVISED (1 OCTOBER) TO REFLECT NEW LECTURE EXAM SCHEDULE


  • FINALS WEEK—OFFICIAL UCONN POLICY STATEMENT:

Final assessment week for fall 2012 takes place from Monday, December 10th through Sunday, December 16th. Students are required to be available for their exam and/or complete an assessment during the time stated in the Registrar's Office Schedule. If you have a conflict with this time you must visit the Office of Student Services and Advocacy to discuss the possibility of rescheduling this assessment.

NEW THIS YEAR—OSSA is REQUIRING that students who have a conflict about which they have or should have had advanced notice (bunched, religious obligation, legal/medical appointments…) MUST seek permission to reschedule their assessment NO LATER THAN November 30th.

Please note that vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, graduations, social events, misreading the assessment schedule and over-sleeping are not viable excuses for missing a final assessment. If you think that your situation warrants permission to reschedule, please contact the Office of Student Services and Advocacy (2nd floor Wilbur Cross) to meet with a staff member.



COURSE DOWNLOADS


CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT or CLINK ON BLUE LINK TO VIEW FILE AND SAVE IT

Course Information

9/1 Pdficon small.gif FALL 2012 COURSE INFORMATION SHEET

10/1 Pdficon small.gif FALL 2012 LECTURE SCHEDULE (UPDATED 1 OCTOBER)

9/1 Pdficon small.gif FALL 2012 LAB SCHEDULE

9/1 Pdficon small.gif ID PHOTOS OF YOU AND YOUR CLASSMATES!

9/1 Pdficon small.gif OFFICIAL UCONN 2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

10/4 Pdficon small.gif PHYLOGENY OF CHORDATES

Lecture Exam 1 Study Material

9/1 Pdficon small.gif STUDY AID VENN DIAGRAM FOR HOMOLOGY, HOMOPLASY, ANALOGY

9/27 POWERPOINT PICTURES OF SOMITES, CARTILAGE, BONE AND DEVELOPING SKULL (unlabeled for now)]

10/3 Pdficon small.gif PICTURES OF SKULL DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION FROM TEXTBOOK

10/3 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS

10/4 Pdficon small.gif LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 1 out of 4)

10/4 Pdficon small.gif LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 2 out of 4)

10/4 Pdficon small.gif LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 3 out of 4)

10/4 Pdficon small.gif LIST OF VOCABULARY FOR EXAM 1 (PART 4 out of 4)

Lecture Exam 2 Study Material

10/10 POWERPOINT PICTURES ILLUSTRATING EVOLUTION OF THE JAW JOINT AND MIDDLE EAR

10/10 Pdficon small.gif SAME AS ABOVE, BUT IN PDF FORMAT

11/3 Pdficon small.gif PICTURES OF MUSCLE AND VERTEBRAL STRUCTURE

11/3 Pdficon small.gif EVOLUTION OF THE BRACHIOMERIC (VISCERAL ARCH) MUSCULATURE

11/6 Pdficon small.gif ANSWERS TO LECTURE EXAM 1

11/6 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 1

11/6 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 2

11/6 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 3

11/6 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 4

11/6 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 5

11/6 Pdficon small.gif LECTURE EXAM 2, VOCABULARY 6 (FINAL)

Lecture Exam 3 Study Material

11/16 Pdficon small.gif FIN TO LIMB EVOLUTION FIGURE (all are fossil/extinct taxa)

12/11 Pdficon small.gif ANSWERS TO LECTURE EXAM 2

12/11 Pdficon small.gif CROSSOPTERYGIUM FIN-TETRAPOD FIN HOMOLOGIES

12/11 Pdficon small.gif EMBRYONIC GERM LAYER DERIVATIVE FLOW CHART (this is way more detail than you need to know, but it might help to review the basics)

12/11 Pdficon small.gif EXAM 3 VOCABULARY 1 of 2

12/11 Pdficon small.gif EXAM 3 VOCABULARY 2 of 2


COMPARATIVE ANATOMY FACEBOOK PAGE


Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab



LINKS TO BILL'S DISSECTION VIDEOS



(1) Bones and shark muscle dissection

(2) Shark brain and sheep brain dissection



OTHER USEFUL LINKS


Vertebrate Diversity

'Tree of Life' website
University of Michigan research collections - many pics of skulls, etc.

Cat Dissections

Virtual cat dissection
Cat muscle dissection with self-quiz
Cat circulatory system dissection

Feeding

Shark feeding
Steve Deban's incredible salamander, frog and chameleon feeding videos
Python feeding
Crocodile feeding
Giraffe feeding - lingual prehension of Acacia leaves
Pangolin feeding
Hidden leopard attacks impala

Locomotion

Bruce Jayne's videos of snake and lizard (and other) locomotion!
Snake locomotion
Turtle locomotion & breathing
Turtle/Tortoise walking—note it always has 3 feet on the ground for stability
Crocodile swimming
Armadillo gathering grass
Armadillo locomotion
Armadillo shnuffling
Cheetah animated model
Baboon locomotion
Horse locomotion
Kangaroo locomotion