Biology and host-parasite relationships of major groups of animal parasites, and techniques of diagnosing and studying parasites. Zool 312I. Ecology. Comparative Chordate Anatomy. Biol 202, junior classification. The evolution of chordates as reflected in the anatomy of extinct and living forms.
Laboratory involves dissection of representative species.
Microscopic structure of vertebrate tissues and organs, with an introduction to histological techniques. Basic principles and processes of development. Descriptive, comparative, experimental, and analytical embryology. Zool 334L. Embryology Laboratory. Classical developmental anatomy of vertebrate embryos plus selected experiments on living embryos.