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ASC 309
Introduction to Reproduction
Chapter 1 – Student Outline
Reproductive Physiology
Definition –
Subspecialties (clinical)
•Andrology
•Gynecology
•Theriogenology
•Obstetrics
Introduction
•Successful reproduction
•Historical development
Opportunities in the field
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Text: Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition
Sequence of maps
Take home message
Fact boxes highlight important points
Further Phenomena for Fertility-
Chapter Summaries
Chapters 2 / 3- Female and Male Reproductive Tracts
Chapter 4- Prenatal Development
Chapter 6- Acquisition of Puberty
Chapter 5- Regulation of Reproduction
Chapters 7, 8 and 9- Cyclicity
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Chapter 10- Spermatogenesis
Chapter 11- Reproductive Behavior and Copulation
Chapter 12- Ovulation and Fertilization
Chapter 13: Early Embryogenesis/ Maternal Recognition of
Pregnancy
Chapter 14- Placentation and Endocrinology of Gestation
Chapter 15- Puerperium and Lactation
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History of Reproduction (Figure 1-3)
 Aristotle (350 BC)
o First recorded information on reproductive system function.
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Book - Generation of Animal.
o Fetus arose from menstrual blood
o Conversion to fetus initiated by seminal fluid
 Fallopius
o Next major observation (2,000 years after Aristotle)
o Described the oviducts
o Also called -
 Coiter (a student of Fallopius) 1573
o Discovered -
 de Graaf (1673)
o Described -
 van Leeuwenhoek 1677
o Developed the microscope
o Semen was observed
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Observed movement of small particles
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“Animalcules” (spermatozoa)
o His theory -
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 Spallanzani (Italian priest) - father of artificial insemination
o Dog semen
 Dumas
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Rabbit follicles
Modern Reproduction
Important advances in the study of reproduction include:
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Gonadal hormones
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Anterior pituitary
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Female reproductive cyclicity
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Development of radioimmunoassay
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Understanding spermatozoal physiology
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Techniques for enhancing reproduction include:
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Modern Population Crisis
 Need to develop techniques to limit rather than enhance reproduction.
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Trivia
A 3% improvement in birth rate results in an additional
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