Course Descriptions

BIOL 43200 Reproductive Physiology Next offered Fall 2018

Session Offered:

Fall Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 11000 and 11100 or BIOL 12100 and 13100 or BIOL 23000 and BME 20100 and 25600.

Description:

This is an alternating year course, next offered Fall 2014.

This course provides an integrated approach to examining how tissues interact to regulate reproductive processes. Each section begins by describing fundamental commonalities of a reproductive event in a variety of species. This is followed by an emphasis on the difference in the details of that event among species. Some of the topics to be covered include ovarian and testicular function, puberty and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, fertilization, establishment of the placenta, maternal support of pregnancy, parturition, and lactation.

Instructor(s):

Ignacio Camarillo

E-mail:

ignacio@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

course is offered alternate years, next offered fall 2018

Notes:

Exam information is available on-line via:
https://roomschedule.mypurdue.purdue.edu/Timetabling/exams.do

 

This course meets every other year. Next offering will be fall 2016

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