Biol 330 Comparative Anatomy and Embryology  Fall 2008

View this page for:

    announcements concerning changes of schedule and exams

    copies of handouts distributed in class

    study guides for exams

Instructor:     Peter Houde, Assoc. Prof. of Biology

                    Room 205 Foster Hall

                    Telephone: 646 6019

                    Office hours - Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:00 PM

                    e-mail: phoude@nmsu.edu 

Announcements:

    Final Exam Friday May 9 1-3:00 PM

Handouts:

    Syllabus

Study Tools for Exams:

    Final Exam Study Guide

Presentations: (MS PowerPoint required for first link but may not download off-campus; Adobe Acrobat required for pdf files off-campus)

    deuterostomes     pdf

    early vertebrates    pdf

    evolution of tetrapods    pdf

    evolution of birds    pdf

    evolution of mammals    pdf

    gametogenesis thru gastrulation of anamniotes (QuickTime must be installed on your computer; downloads may be slow)    pdf (no video links)

    gametogenesis thru gastrulation with additional figures of amniotes (no video links)  pdf (no video links)

    mammalian placentation    pdf

Links to (really cool) Development Videos:

http://www.gastrulation.org/

http://www.bio.utexas.edu/courses/kalthoff/bio349/movies349.html

Link to National Center for Biotechnology Information (GenBank, PubMed, Taxonomy, etc.):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/