VTMED 6327 - Current Concepts in Reproductive Biology

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: appropriate undergraduate/graduate training. Offered odd years. Enrollment limited to: first-, second-, and third-year veterinary students.

J. Fortune, P. A. Johnson, staff.

Team-taught survey course in reproductive physiology/endocrinology. Lectures by a number of reproductive biologists on various aspects of male reproductive function (endocrine regulation, testis function, spermatogenesis, sperm physiology/function); female reproductive function (endocrinology, ovarian development and function, oocyte physiology/function); fertilization and gamete transport; pregnancy; parturition; lactation; aging; reproductive technology. Student participation in the form of discussions and/or presentations.