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[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate archetype]]<br>
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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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== '''Teaching Assistants''' ==
 
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'''Tobias Landberg''', MS, doctoral candidate<br>
 
'''Office/Lab:''' BioPharmacy 410<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Email:''' tobias.landberg@uconn.edu<br>
 
Tobias' [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Tobias_Landberg '''web page'''] <br
 
 
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'''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;">'''TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
'''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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[[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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<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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<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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== '''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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(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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(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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'''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}}<br><br>
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== '''Latest Announcements''' ==
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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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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)''' - If you come to class with  a one page (double spaced), clearly written assessment of the 'Aristotle's Ghost" reading, you will be awarded 2 extra credit points. You must hand-in the assignment on Friday (no exceptions). Your one page of writing 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 make comments and/or ask questions.
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'''LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
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'''LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
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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'''
  
== '''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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'''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'''
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[http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/video-08c.html Shark feeding]
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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 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