BIOAP 7570 - Current Concepts in Reproductive Biology

(crosslisted)
(also ANSC 7570)

Fall. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: undergraduate degree in biology and strong interest in reproductive biology. Offered alternate years. Limited to 20 students. Co-meets with VTMED 6327.

J. E. Fortune, S. Quirk, staff.

Team-taught survey course in reproductive physiology/endocrinology. Lectures on male reproductive function, female reproductive function, fertilization and gamete transport, pregnancy, parturition, lactation, aging, reproductive technology.

Outcome 1: broad working knowledge of the basics of male and female reproduction in terms of structure, function, and regulation

Outcome 2: ability to apply that knowledge to the student’s own research