Course Description & Objectives:
Reproduction
- Introduction: spontaneous, biogenesis, importance/significance of reproduction).
- The germ cells: ontogeny of gonads, sex determination, gonadal dimorphism, gametogenesis and the role of hormones.
- Fertilization: oestrus, ovulation, germ transfer, enzyme-driven processes, syngany,
- Errors of fertilization, implantation and placentas.
Development
- Embryology of Amphioxus:
- Types of egg cleavage, blastulation, gastrulation, development of the organ systems: nervous system mesoderm and notochord. Amphibian embryology: Cleavage, blastulation and gastrulation, compared with Amphioxus with emphasis on advancement of systems and organ processes. Polarity of blastula and gastrula. Development of organ systems mesoderm differentiation and notochord. Organ forming areas, organizers, induction, transplants and hetroplastic grafting.
