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= '''FALL 2014 (EEB 3273)''' =
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[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate archetype]]<br>
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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: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:'''  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/Tobias_Landberg '''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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<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:JeffDivinoTA.jpg|thumb|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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<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>
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*<span style="font-size: larger">'''BOOK TWO:'''<br>
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''''Vertebrate Dissection'''''<br>
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Homberger, Walker<br>
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Spiral-bound: 480 pages<br>
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Publisher: Cengage Learning; 9 edition (April 29, 2003)<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>
 
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== '''Teaching Assistants''' ==
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*<font color="CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LAB 9 HANDOUT (shark and cat digestive system) IS NOW POSTED BELOW (11/3/14)'''<br>
[[Image:Tobias Laughing Lab.jpg|right]]
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[[Image:Diego and Buster close.jpg|right]]
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'''Tobias Landberg''', MS, doctoral candidate<br>
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*<font color="CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS ARE NOW POSTED BELOW (11/2/14); LIST 3 HAD AN ERROR THAT IS NOW CORRECTED (as of 9:30 pm Monday night, 11/3/14)'''<br>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410<br>
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<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''HANDOUTS FOR LABS 7 and 8 POSTED BELOW (CAT MUSCULATURE/BIOMECHANICS) (10/31/14)'''<br>
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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<br>
'''Email:''' tobias.landberg@uconn.edu<br>
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*<font color="FFA4A4"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''HANDOUT FOR LAB 6 (SHARK MUSCULATURE) POSTED BELOW (10/7/14)'''<br>
Tobias' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Tobias_Landberg '''web page'''] <br
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<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>
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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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<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>
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<br>
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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>
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<br>
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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>
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<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, below.  Reading is optional.'''<br>
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<font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger"><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;">'''COURSE DOWNLOADS'''</h2>
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<br>'''''CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT'''''
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<br><BR>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Course Information''' =
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/F2014AcademicCal.pdf}}  Fall 2014 Academic Calendar<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule_f14.pdf}}  Fall 2014 Lecture Schedule<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>
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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>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab7_CatMusc_14.pdf}} Laboratory 7 (Cat Musculature)<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab8_Biomech_14.pdf}} Laboratory 8 (Biomechanics of Locomotion and Feeding)<br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab9_VisceraDigest_14.pdf}} Laboratory 9 (Visceral Organs—Digestive System)<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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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureExam2_Vocab1_14.pdf}}  Lecture exam 2, vocab. 1
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureExam2_Vocab2_14.pdf}} Lecture exam 2, vocab. 2
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureExam2_Vocab3_14.pdf}}  Lecture exam 2, vocab. 3<br><br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
 
<br><br><br><br>
 
<br><br><br><br>
  
'''Diego Sustaita''', MS, doctoral student<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'''</h2>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 404<br>
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<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0309<br>
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'''Comparative Anatomy Facebook Page'''
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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'''Email:''' diego.sustaita@uconn.edu<br><br>
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[https://www.facebook.com/groups/396619850391183/ Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab]<br>
 
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<br><br>
  
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'''Vertebrate Diversity'''
  
== '''Course Information—Important Documents''' ==
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[http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html 'Tree of Life' website]
 
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'''COURSE INFORMATION (DOWNLOAD PDF)'''  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_CourseInfo08.pdf}}<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>
  
'''LECTURE SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule08.pdf}}<br>
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'''Agnathans'''
  
'''LAB SCHEDULE (DOWNLOAD PDF)'''  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LabSchedule08.pdf}}<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]
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[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s2.mov Active predation by hagfish!]
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'''Chondrichthyes'''
  
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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!]
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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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<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASopmay004 Cat circulatory system dissection]
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<br>
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[http://pnbfiles.uconn.edu/PNB_Base/catlas/index.html UConn PNB ''Catlas'']
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'''Feeding'''
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[http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/video-08c.html Shark feeding]
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<br>
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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]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X45Fbss0Tk Crocodile feeding]
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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]
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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'''
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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]
 
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[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]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGMiYj-TEo Armadillo locomotion]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOSHgC4NEM&feature=youtu.be Armadillo digging]
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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]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrO2Qc1KyZc Horse locomotion]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqODLeC3DZg Kangaroo locomotion]
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Revision as of 02:35, 4 November 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


JeffDivinoTA.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



  • LAB 9 HANDOUT (shark and cat digestive system) IS NOW POSTED BELOW (11/3/14)


  • LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS ARE NOW POSTED BELOW (11/2/14); LIST 3 HAD AN ERROR THAT IS NOW CORRECTED (as of 9:30 pm Monday night, 11/3/14)


  • HANDOUTS FOR LABS 7 and 8 POSTED BELOW (CAT MUSCULATURE/BIOMECHANICS) (10/31/14)


  • 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)

Pdficon small.gif Laboratory 7 (Cat Musculature)

Pdficon small.gif Laboratory 8 (Biomechanics of Locomotion and Feeding)

Pdficon small.gif Laboratory 9 (Visceral Organs—Digestive System)

Vocabulary Lists

LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 1, vocab. 1

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 1, vocab. 2

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 1, vocab. 3

LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 2, vocab. 1

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 2, vocab. 2

Pdficon small.gif Lecture exam 2, vocab. 3

LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS




LINKS


Comparative Anatomy Facebook Page

Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab


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
UConn PNB Catlas

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
Armadillo digging
Cheetah animated model
Baboon locomotion
Horse locomotion
Kangaroo locomotion