Cell Biology Laboratory Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW ANAT2300- Vertebrate Development A - Laboratory 2 Fertilization Dr Mark Hill

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Introduction This laboratory is an introduction to the earliest event in development, fertilization of the ovum (egg) by sperm. The key components covered are: meiosis, gonad histology, ovary, testes, menstral cycle, oocyte development (oogenesis), sperm development (spermatogenesis), sperm morphology/motility, fertilization. We will be using the program HyperCell available on Lab computers to work through the concepts of cell divison and fertilization. The online text Developmental Biology links listed below are worth reviewing for this laboratory.

Online Resources Laboratory 1 introduced several online resources that will be used throughout the session. Listed Below are links to these resources. UNSW Embryology Week 1 Notes These are not the notes that refer to the first week of this course, but the first week of development which will be covered over teh first few weeks of this course. Gamete Formation Fertilization Embryo Images Online These are scanning electron micrographs of early embryonic development. These images are not relevant to the first few weeks of lectures. Larsen Textbook Online

Developmental Biology 6th ed, Gilbert, Scott F. Below are listed links that relate to this Lecture from the textbook "Developmental Biology" which is available free online. You can either click the provided links or do your own search using the search link. 7. Fertilization: Beginning a new organism The Egg Sperm Plant Fertilization Search Results- Fertilization Search Developmental Biology

Molecular Biology of the Cell Below are listed links that relate to this Lecture from the textbook "Molecular Biology of the Cell" which is available free online. You can either click the provided links or do your own search using the search link. Search Molecular Biology of the Cell http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=cell.TOC&depth=2   MBoC Search Results (click text link below to see search results) Meiosis Germ Cells and Fertilization MBoC Images Comparison of meiosis and normal cell division

Other Online Texts Search Developmental Biology Search Molecular Cell Biology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=mcb.TOC Search The Cell- A Molecular Approach http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=cooper.TOC&depth=2

Genes & Disease Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)

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