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Course Information

ZOO 4377 + L - [Advanced] Vertebrate Morphology

    Lecture Syllabus (ZOO 4377)
Lab Syllabus (ZOO 4377L)
Lecture Reading Assignments
    Introduction to Morphology
Systematics
Chordate Origins
Vertebrate Diversity
Development (Life History)
Integument
Skeletal Tissues and Axial Skeleton - Post-cranial
Appendicular Skeleton
Axial Skeleton - Cranial
The Muscular System

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Web Resources

Evolution
www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs.htmlIssues pertaining to the origin of the universe and life
www.scibridge.sdsu.edu/coursemats/introsci/evolution/origins_of_life/Links pertaining to the origin of life and its possible existence elsewhere
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evolution.htmlBiographies of major historical figures in evolution
Systematics
www.fossilnews.com/1996/cladistics.htmlA one-page introduction to cladistics and its terminology.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad4.html"Journey into Phylogentic Systematics" Exhibit at the University of California Museum of Paleontology; ;a slightly more detailed introduction to cladistics.
www.cladistics.org/education.htmlEducation pages from the Willi Hennig Society.
www.ohio.edu/phylocode This is the web site for PhyloCode, the proposed replacement for binomial [Linnean] nomenclature. Phylocode is a nomenclature that names the parts of the tree of life strictly on the basis of phylogeny.
Conservation
www.cites.org Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. An international convention to ensure that the trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
iucn.org The World Conservation Union (IUCN) promotes the conservation of the natural world. A major program of the IUCN is to determine the conservation status of threated species as rank them as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable.
biodiversityeconomics.org On-line library of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) pertaining to the economics of preserving biodiversity.
endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html An index of threatened and endangered species covered by the Federal Endangered Species Act and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
History
www.whonamedit.com Puzzled by an enigmatic eponym (How redundant can you get!)? Research it at this site and learn both the meaning and the source. Then [comrades!] join the revolution to wipe out any and all uses of eponyms in anatomy and re-educate those who seek to impress others through the power of obfuscation rather than explanation!
www.wku.edu/~smithch/home.htmThe Alfred Wallace site
www.zbi.ee/baer/index.htmlThe Karl Ernst von Baer Site
www.nobel.se/medicine/articles/index.htmlThe Nobel Prize e-Museum
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evolution.htmlBiographies of major historical figures in evolution
Phylogeny:  Craniata and beyond
phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogenyThe Tree of Life; one of two major sources about the diversity of organisms on Earth and their relationships (phylogeny); limited information on their natural history and characteristics but a good source of phylogenies. Information is linked together in the form of the tree of life.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html The Phylogeny Exhibit at the University of California Museum of Paleontology; the other major souce about the diversity of organisms and their phylogenetic relationships. Similar to the "Tree of Life", it is navigated also by ascending and descending the tree of life; this site contains a good deal more natural history information (e.g., fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics and morphology).
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.eduThe Animal Diversity Web Site; more natural history than phylogeny, this is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification and conservation biology created by students ("Caveat emptor").
www.treebase.org/treebaseA database of recently published phylogenies (primarily eukaryotes) including the original data. The trees can be downloaded and modified with software available from a linked site. Also, online versions of PAUP and MacClade are available for analysis of your own data.
Links pertaining to specific groups of Craniates
"Pisces"
phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny/tree/phylogeny
www.austmus.gov.au/fish/species/cleucas.htmAustralian Museum Fish site
www.biology.ualberta.ca/jackson.hp/IWE/index.phpIchthyology Web Resources
www.bbb.caltech.edu/bowerlab/ElectricFish/index.htmlWeakly electric fish
Hagfish
oberon.educ.sfu.ca/projects/safari/newsletter/wednesday/hagfish.htmlHagfish biology
Chondrichthyes
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharaks/sharks.htmShark biology and systematics; Florida Museum of Natural History
Urodele
socrates.berkeley.edu/~deban/feedingmovieindex.htmlQuick-Time movies of salamander feeding
Chelonia
research.amnh.org/~esgEugene Gaffney's turtle site at the AMNH; anatomy, fossil history, evolution
www.euroturtle.org/Sea turtle biology and conservation
Squamates
home.uchicago.edu/~jjsocha/flyingsnake/flyingsnake.htmlFlying (actually gliding) snakes
Crocodilia
www.crocodilian.com/Crocodilian natural history and conservation
Aves
birds.cornell.edu/Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.infonatura.orgConservation information for avian and mammalian fauna of Latin America
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/enter.htmlVertebrate Flight exhibit at the UCMP
www.i-bird.com/Gallery/gallery.htmDiagnostic images of various bird species from the International Birding Information Resource Data
Mammalia
www.animalinfo.orgInformation on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals
www.infonatura.orgConservation information for avian and mammalian fauna of Latin America
brainmuseum.org/Comparative mammalian brain collection
www.nmnh.si.edu/msw/The Mammal Species of the World (MSW) contains the names of the 4,629 currently recognized species of mammals, in a taxonomic hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, and Genus.
www.tapirback.com/tapirgalThe definitive source on tapirs
www.cetacea.org Background information (appearance, classification, behavior, diet, habitat, etc.) on all 81 known species of cetaceans.
primatelit.library.wisc.edu Bibliography of primate books, papers, reports, abstracts and dissertations dating back to 1940.
Miscellaneous
www.ucmp.berekley.edu/help/timeform.htmlGeological Time Scale at the University of California Museum of Paleonotology Geology Wing
www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.htmlHow different languages perceive and describe animal sounds
www-users.york.ac.uk/~wjh101/hedbone/index.htmImages of vertebrate dry skulls



Museums

 www.amnh.orgAmerican Museum of Natural History (New York)
www.austmus.gov.auAustralian Museumm
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville)
museum.state.il.usIllinois State Museum (Springfield; Doh!)
www.mncn.csic.es/Museo nacional Ciencias Naturales (Madrid)
www.nhm.ac.ukNatural History Museum (London)
www.nrm.seSwedish Museum of Natural History
www.smnh.orgSmithsonian Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC)
www.ucmp.berkeley.eduUniversity of California Museum of Paleontology (Berkeley)
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (Ann Arbor)



Societies

 www.vertpaleo.orgSociety of Vertebrate Paleontology
 www.sicb.org/Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; see Division of Vertebrate Morphology
 www.sciencemag.orgAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
 www.cladistics.orgWilli Hennig Society



FIU Clubs & Organizations

 FIU Pre-Veterinary Medicine Club
 www.fiu.edu/~herpclub/FIU Herpetology Club
 www.fiu.edu/~mmru/FIU Marine Mammal Rescue Unit
 http://www.marineanimalrescue.orgMarine Animal Rescue Society (MARS)



Journals

 TitleLOC #FIU
Acta Embryologiae Et Morphologiae Experimentalis.No
Acta Zologica FennicaQH7 .S78No
Acta ZoologicaQL1 .A3
American Museum NovitatesQH1 .A41
American ZoologistQL1 .A448
Archives d'anatomie Microscopique et de Morphologie Expérimentale
Canadian Journal of ZoologyQL1 .N1532
Development (Formerly Journal Of Embryology And Experimental Morphology)QL951 .J57
Developmental Biology
European Journal of Morphology (formerly Acta Morphologica Neerlando-Scandinavica)QL799 .A25
Experimental Biology570.5 R454
Folia Morphologica
Folia ZoologicaQL1 .Z748
Forma et FunctioQH1 .F73
Gegenbauer
Journal of Experimental BiologyQH301 .J68
Journal of MorphologyQL801 .J9
Journal of Vertebrate PaleontologyQE841 .J67
Journal of ZoologyQL1 .J877
Netherlands Journal of ZoologyQL1 .A65
PaleobiologyQE701 .P17
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (formerly Physiological Zoology)QL1 .P5
South African Journal of Zoology - Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir DierkundeQL337.S65 Z64
Systematic Biology(Formerly Systematic Zoology)QH83 .S9
The Journal of Experimental ZoologyQL1 .J85
Zeitschrift für Morphologie Der TiereQL1 .Z28
Zoological Journal of the Linnean SocietyQH1 .L54
Zoologische JahrbücherQL1 .Z767
Zoologischer AnzeigerQL1 .Z77
ZoomorphologyQL 1 .Z28



   

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