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= '''FALL 2016 (EEB 3273)''' =
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[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate archetype]]<br>
== '''Instructor''' ==
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[[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:'''  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>
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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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[[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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[[Image:Annette_fieldworkpic.png|thumb|300px||left| Annette holding an American kestrel ''Falco sparverius'', Connecticut, 2013]]
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'''Name:'''  Annette Evans<br>
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'''Office/Lab:'''    Biopharm 322<br>
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'''Office hours:''' By appointment<br>
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'''Email:'''    annette.evans@uconn.edu<br>
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'''Web:''' http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Annette_Evans<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">'''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>
'''Tobias Landberg''', MS, doctoral candidate<br>
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''''Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective'''''<br>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410<br>
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Liem, Bemis, Walker, Grande<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
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Hardcover: 784 pages<br>
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3rd edition (December 18, 2000)<br>
'''Email:''' tobias.landberg@uconn.edu<br>
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ISBN-10: 0030223695<br>
Tobias' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Tobias_Landberg '''web page''']<br><br>
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ISBN-13: 978-0030223693<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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'''Diego Sustaita''', MS, doctoral student<br>
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*<font color="CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger"><br>
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 404<br>
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'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0309<br>
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'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
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'''Email:''' diego.sustaita@uconn.edu<br><br>
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*<font color="CC0000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger"><br>
 
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== '''The Class''' ==
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[[Image:Comparative_anatomy_class_08.JPG|center]]
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== '''Important Documents To Download''' ==
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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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*<font color="FFA4A4"><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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(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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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Picture Files''' =
  
(9/25)  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/CompAnatSampleExamQuestions.pdf}}  SAMPLE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 1 PICTURE FILES'''<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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{{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}}<br><br>
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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Sample Exam Questions''' =
 
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== '''Latest Announcements''' ==
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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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<br>
'''8/26/08'''  The 'Course Information' document as been updated since the version you received in class (download it above)<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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= <span style="font-size: smaller"><span style="font-size: smaller">'''Vocabulary Lists''' =
  
'''8/27/08'''   ''EXTRA CREDIT FOR FRIDAY READING (8/29)'' <br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<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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:Download a 'Venn diagram' with helpful examples of homology, analogy, common ancestry, phenotypic similarity, above<br><br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
  
'''9/25/08'''  Sample questions and answers for the first lecture exam are available for download<br>
 
 
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== '''Links to Related or Helpful Sites''' ==
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'''LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
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'''Comparative Anatomy Facebook Page'''
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[https://www.facebook.com/groups/396619850391183/ Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab]<br>
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'''Vertebrate Diversity'''
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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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'''Agnathans'''
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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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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASopmay004 Cat circulatory system dissection]
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[http://pnbfiles.uconn.edu/PNB_Base/catlas/index.html UConn PNB ''Catlas'']
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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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<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]
 
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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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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
 
[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]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtA17Ctpe8 Cheetah animated model]
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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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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Water buffalo vs. lion vs. croc]
 
 
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Revision as of 23:28, 7 September 2016

FALL 2016 (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


Annette holding an American kestrel Falco sparverius, Connecticut, 2013

Name: Annette Evans
Office/Lab: Biopharm 322
Office hours: By appointment
Email: annette.evans@uconn.edu
Web: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Annette_Evans














TEXTBOOKS


  • BOOK ONE:


  • 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

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



ANNOUNCEMENTS













COURSE DOWNLOADS


CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT

Course Information

Pdficon small.gif Fall 2014 Academic Calendar

Picture Files

LECTURE EXAM 1 PICTURE FILES

Pdficon small.gif Pictures related to embryology/early development

Pdficon small.gif

Sample Exam Questions



Scientific and Other Papers

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

Lab Handouts


Vocabulary Lists

LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS



LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS



LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS





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