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Revision as of 18:46, 5 September 2014
Contents
FALL 2014 (EEB 3273)
INSTRUCTOR
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
Name: Jeff Divino
Office/Lab: BioPharm 210A
Voice: 860-486-4694
Email: jeffrey.divino@uconn.edu
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Essay by Dr. Schwenk on human and animal diversity is posted for download, below. Reading is optional.
- TEXTBOOKS: Note that textbooks are on order, but might not arrive in the Co-op immediately. In the meantime, you can order your own if you like. Both books are required, but both are relatively old, so many less expensive used copies are available.
- 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
COURSE DOWNLOADS
CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT
Scientific and Other Papers
Aristotle's Ghost, essay by Dr. Schwenk about human and animal diversity
Course Information
Fall 2014 Lecture Schedule NOT YET AVAILABLE
Fall 2014 Lab Schedule NOT YET AVAILABLE
Lab Handouts
Laboratory 1 (Chordate Diversity)
Laboratories 2-3 (Axial and Appendicular Skeleton)
Vocabulary Lists
Vocabulary for lecture exam 1 (pt. 1)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 1 (pt. 2)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 1 (pt. 3)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 1 (pt. 4)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 2 (pt. 1)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 2 (pt. 2)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 2 (pt. 3)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 2 (pt. 4)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 2 (pt. 5)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 2 (pt. 6)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 3 (pt. 1)
Vocabulary for lecture exam 3 (pt. 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