Life on Earth by Audesirk & Audesirk

Chapter 27 Human Reproduction and Development
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Menstrual Cycle and Pregnanacy
This is a place with much text information about mammalian pregnancy.

In Vitro Fertilization
This is a place with pictures, some practical activities, and much vocabulary dealing with infertility. The activities are good and the links are a good start to dealing with the subject.

Artificial Reproduction: A Last Hope for Some Endangered Species
This is a place where you can find out about infertility and delayed fertility in animals other than humans. There is a lot of information about what is being done for endangered species. Yes, fertility science for other animals!

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
This is a place that describes a number of common sexually transmitted diseases.

STD Home Page
This is the unofficial STD home page. Everything you ever wanted to know about sexually transmitted diseases can be found here.

"Team Creates Computer Program to Predict Menstrual Cycle
This is a link to a recent article in The Daily Beacon from the University of Tennessee. It describes the research and development of a computer program to chart a womans menstral cycle.

The First Four Weeks of Pregnancy
This is a place where you can find information about the first few weeks of life, after conception. This site has great pictures and text, which are updated daily.

Medakafish Development Stages
This is a place with artistic renditions of the development of a fertilized egg over time. The pictures are acturate and detailed. Time is shown in both developmental stages and hours.

Stages of Embryonic Development of the Zebrafish
This link shows the work of scientists researching zebrafish development. Used with the previous link, it can be very helpful in understanding cellular development.

Embryo Development Overview
This is a place with an artistic film of early cellular development and implantation of a human embryo. Links are also available for all stages of human development, with text and great pictures.

Embryo Eye Development
This is a place where you can see a film of the development of an eye in a human embryo. You can also see still pictures with detailed descriptions of the parts of the developing eye and the finished eyeball.

Embryo Ear Development
This is a place with still pictures and descriptions of the development of the human ear in an embryo. It gives the stages and time frames for the development and provides other links to related topics.

Infertility
This is a place with information about infertility, possible causes for infertility, and some suggested approaches for an infertile couple.

In Vitro Fertilization
This is a place with pictures, some practical activities, and much vocabulary dealing with infertility. The activities are good and the links provide a good start to dealing with the subject.

Birth Control
This is a place where you can find out what humans are doing to prevent conception--Selective Infertility. This page has many links with lots of information and discusses the subjects of birth control openly and scientifically.



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