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= '''FALL 2014 (EEB 3273)''' =
== '''Instructor''' ==
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[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate 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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<br>
 
'''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:'''  Torrey Life Science 360<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
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'''Lab:''' TLS 365<br>
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'''Voice:''' 860-486-0351<br>
 
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
 
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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'''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>
<br><br>
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== '''Teaching Assistants''' ==
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[[Image:Tobias Laughing Lab.jpg|frame|right|Tobias expressing a rare moment of glee]]
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<br><br><br><br>
[[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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<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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<br>
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[[Image:Divino.lg_.jpg|left|]]
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'''Name:'''  Jeff Divino, Doctoral Candidate<br>
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'''Office/Lab:'''    BioPharm 210A<br>
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'''Voice:'''    860-486-4694 <br>
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'''Email:'''    jeffrey.divino@uconn.edu<br>
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<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><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;">'''TEXTBOOKS'''</h2>
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*<span style="font-size: larger">'''BOOK ONE:'''
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''''Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective'''''<br>
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Liem, Bemis, Walker, Grande<br>
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Hardcover: 784 pages<br>
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Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3rd edition (December 18, 2000)<br>
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ISBN-10: 0030223695<br>
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ISBN-13: 978-0030223693<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
'''Tobias Landberg''', MS, doctoral candidate<br>
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*<span style="font-size: larger">'''BOOK TWO:'''<br>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410<br>
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''''Vertebrate Dissection'''''<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
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Homberger, Walker<br>
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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Spiral-bound: 480 pages<br>
'''Email:''' tobias.landberg@uconn.edu<br>
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Publisher: Cengage Learning; 9 edition (April 29, 2003)<br>
Tobias' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Tobias_Landberg '''web page''']<br><br>
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ISBN-10: 0030225221<br>
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ISBN-13: 978-0030225222<br>
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<br><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>
 
<br><br>
 
<br><br>
  
'''Diego Sustaita''', MS, doctoral student<br>
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*<font color="CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''HANDOUT FOR LAB 6 (SHARK MUSCULATURE) POSTED BELOW (10/7/14)'''<br>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 404<br>
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<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0309<br>
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LECTURE 1 SAMPLE QUESTION ANSWERS ARE NOT POSTED BELOW (10/1/14, 7:15 pm)'''<br>
'''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">'''REVISED VOCABULARY LISTS FOR LECTURE EXAM 1 ARE NOW POSTED BELOW (10/1/14, 6:25 pm)'''<br>
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LECTURE 1 EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS POSTED BELOW (9/28/14).  Note that answers will be posted later'''<br>
 
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LAB SCHEDULE, INCLUDING LAB PRACTICAL INFO, POSTED BELOW'''<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
== '''The Class''' ==
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LAB 4-5 HANDOUT POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD BELOW'''<br>
[[Image:Comparative_anatomy_class_08.JPG|center]]
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<br>
 
<br>
== '''Important Documents To Download''' ==
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''STUDY AID—embryology/early development picture files posted below'''<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_CourseInfo08.pdf}} COURSE INFORMATION (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''Essay by Dr. Schwenk on human and animal diversity is posted for download, belowReading is optional.'''<br>
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<font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger"><br><br>
  
(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule08.pdf}}  LECTURE SCHEDULE (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'''''
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<br><BR>
  
(8/26)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LabSchedule08.pdf}}  LAB SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Course Information''' =
  
(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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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/F2014AcademicCal.pdf}}  Fall 2014 Academic Calendar<br>
:'''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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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule_f14.pdf}}  Fall 2014 Lecture Schedule<br>
  
(9/25)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/CompAnatSampleExamQuestions.pdf}}  SAMPLE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LabSchedule_%20REVISED_9.23.14.pdf}}  Fall 2014 Lab Schedule<br><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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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Picture Files''' =
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'''LECTURE EXAM 1 PICTURE FILES'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_EarlyDevoPics.pdf}} Pictures related to embryology/early development<br>
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*Same as above, but a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_EarlyDevoPics.pptx '''PowerPoint file'''] so you can add your own labels, etc.<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_ConnectTissueHeadSkelPics.pdf}}  Pictures related to connective tissues, and development and evolution of the head skeleton<br>
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*Same as above, but a [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_ConnectTissueHeadSkelPics.pptx '''PowerPoint file'''] <br><br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Sample Exam Questions''' =
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_SampleExam1Questions_14.pdf}}  Lecture Exam 1 Sample questions only<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_SampleExam1Answers_14.pdf}}  Lecture Exam 1, ANSWERS to sample questions (in red)<br><br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Scientific and Other Papers''' =
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/SchwenkAristotle02.pdf}}  ''Aristotle's Ghost'', essay by Dr. Schwenk about human and animal diversity<br><br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Lab Handouts''' =
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab1_VertDiversity_8.27.14.pdf}}  Laboratory 1 (Chordate Diversity)<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab2-3_AxialAppend_9.10.14.pdf}}  Laboratories 2-3 (Axial and Appendicular Skeleton)<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab_4-5_Skull_14.pdf}} Laboratories 4-5 (The Head Skeleton)<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab6_SharkMusc_14.pdf}} Laboratory 6 (Shark Musculature)<br><br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Vocabulary Lists''' =
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'''LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureExam1_Vocab1_14.pdf}}  Lecture exam 1, vocab. 1
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureExam1_Vocab2_14.pdf}} Lecture exam 1, vocab. 2
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureExam1_Vocab3_14.pdf}}  Lecture exam 1, vocab. 3<br><br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
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<br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
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<br><br><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;">'''COMPARATIVE ANATOMY FACEBOOK PAGE'''</h2>
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<br>
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[https://www.facebook.com/groups/396619850391183/ Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab]
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<br><br><br><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;">'''LINKS TO BILL'S DISSECTION VIDEOS'''</h2>
 
<br><br>
 
<br><br>
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(1) [Bones and shark muscle dissection]
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<br><br>
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(2) [Shark brain and sheep brain dissection]
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<br><br><br><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;">'''OTHER USEFUL LINKS'''</h2>
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<br>
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'''Vertebrate Diversity'''
  
== '''Latest Announcements''' ==
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[http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html 'Tree of Life' website]
 
<br>
 
<br>
'''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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[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu University of Michigan research collections - many pics of skulls, etc.]
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<br><br>
  
'''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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'''Agnathans'''
  
'''8/27/08'''  ''EXTRA CREDIT FOR FRIDAY READING (8/29)'' <br>
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[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s1.mov Hagfish extreme slime clogs predator gills, hagfish always escapes]
: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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<br>
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[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s2.mov Active predation by hagfish!]
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<br><br>
  
'''9/11/08'''   GET IT NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!<br>
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'''Chondrichthyes'''
: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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[http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1304/logs/july14/media/rhino-video.html Amazing deep ocean video of a living chimaera!]
 
<br><br>
 
<br><br>
  
== '''Links to Related or Helpful Sites''' ==
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'''Cat Dissections'''
<br>
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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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[http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/ Virtual cat dissection]
 
<br>
 
<br>
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[http://homes.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/musc/muscular.htm Cat muscle dissection with self-quiz]
 
<br>
 
<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASopmay004 Cat circulatory system dissection]
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<br><br>
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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]
 
<br>
 
<br>
[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]
 
<br>
 
<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVs5QqgsyPk Giraffe feeding video]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZwggWN_WY Python feeding]
 
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<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X45Fbss0Tk Crocodile feeding]
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<br>
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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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<br>
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[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
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<br>
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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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<br><br>
  
 
'''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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<br/>
 
[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]
 
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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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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7urFtOnsliI Cheetah & gazelle locomotion]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtA17Ctpe8 Cheetah animated model]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3cHgELKsU Baboon locomotion]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y3cHgELKsU Baboon locomotion]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrO2Qc1KyZc Horse locomotion]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrO2Qc1KyZc Horse locomotion]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqODLeC3DZg Kangaroo locomotion]
  
  
'''Place your bets'''
 
  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0zrah5JEBM Harpy eagle vs. sloth]
 
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOkWpavE5 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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Revision as of 21:25, 7 October 2014

FALL 2014 (EEB 3273)

Owen's vertebrate archetype

Fall 2010 class in the lab



INSTRUCTOR


Kurt2RacersAtFenton4 10sm.jpg
SchwenkPortrait7 08sm.jpg


Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: Torrey Life Science 360
Lab: TLS 365
Voice: 860-486-0351
Lab phone: 860-486-4158
Fax: 860-486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page









TEACHING ASSISTANT


Divino.lg .jpg

Name: Jeff Divino, Doctoral Candidate
Office/Lab: BioPharm 210A
Voice: 860-486-4694
Email: jeffrey.divino@uconn.edu








TEXTBOOKS


  • BOOK ONE:

Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective
Liem, Bemis, Walker, Grande
Hardcover: 784 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3rd edition (December 18, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0030223695
ISBN-13: 978-0030223693

  • BOOK TWO:

Vertebrate Dissection
Homberger, Walker
Spiral-bound: 480 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 9 edition (April 29, 2003)
ISBN-10: 0030225221
ISBN-13: 978-0030225222


ANNOUNCEMENTS



  • HANDOUT FOR LAB 6 (SHARK MUSCULATURE) POSTED BELOW (10/7/14)


  • LECTURE 1 SAMPLE QUESTION ANSWERS ARE NOT POSTED BELOW (10/1/14, 7:15 pm)


  • REVISED VOCABULARY LISTS FOR LECTURE EXAM 1 ARE NOW POSTED BELOW (10/1/14, 6:25 pm)


  • LECTURE 1 EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS POSTED BELOW (9/28/14). Note that answers will be posted later


  • LAB SCHEDULE, INCLUDING LAB PRACTICAL INFO, POSTED BELOW


  • LAB 4-5 HANDOUT POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD BELOW


  • STUDY AID—embryology/early development picture files posted below


  • Essay by Dr. Schwenk on human and animal diversity is posted for download, below. Reading is optional.



COURSE DOWNLOADS


CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT

Course Information

Pdficon small.gif Fall 2014 Academic Calendar

Pdficon small.gif Fall 2014 Lecture Schedule

Pdficon small.gif Fall 2014 Lab Schedule

Picture Files

LECTURE EXAM 1 PICTURE FILES

Pdficon small.gif Pictures related to embryology/early development

Pdficon small.gif Pictures related to connective tissues, and development and evolution of the head skeleton

Sample Exam Questions

Pdficon small.gif Lecture Exam 1 Sample questions only

Pdficon small.gif Lecture Exam 1, ANSWERS to sample questions (in red)

Scientific and Other Papers

Pdficon small.gif Aristotle's Ghost, essay by Dr. Schwenk about human and animal diversity

Lab Handouts

Pdficon small.gif Laboratory 1 (Chordate Diversity)

Pdficon small.gif Laboratories 2-3 (Axial and Appendicular Skeleton)

Pdficon small.gif Laboratories 4-5 (The Head Skeleton)

Pdficon small.gif Laboratory 6 (Shark Musculature)

Vocabulary Lists

LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 1, vocab. 1

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 1, vocab. 2

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LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS

LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS



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.

Agnathans

Hagfish extreme slime clogs predator gills, hagfish always escapes
Active predation by hagfish!

Chondrichthyes

Amazing deep ocean video of a living chimaera!

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