REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Course Code

DB 3502

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Prof P Fowler

Pre-requisites

BI 20Z1 or BI 20B2 or BI 20M1 or BI 25M1 or BI 25B2

Overview

The gonads, sexual differentiation, ovarian and testicular function and their control, central control of reproduction, reproductive rhythms, puberty, oestrous/menstrual cycles, fertilisation, implantation, placentation, embryo/fetal development biology, pregnancy, fertility, manipulation of reproduction, induction and inhibition of fertility.

Structure

Thread I: 6 week course - 22 hours lectures, 3 hours tutorials, 4 hours 6 hours laboratories per course.

Slots A & E weeks 30-35.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (70%); essay (25%) and in-course MCQ (5%).

Resit: A resit exam, in the same format as the main exam.