Lecture 1: Historical Discoveries Flashcards
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Aristotle
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proposed that the fetus originates from menstrual blood (384-322 BC)
2
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Fallopius
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discovered and described the oviduct (1562)
3
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Coiter
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discovered and described the corpus luteum (1573)
4
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de Graaf
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discovered and described the antral follicle (1672)
5
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van Leeuwenhoek
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discovered and described spermatozoa in semen (1677)
6
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Spallanzani
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hypothesized that spermatozoa were the fertilizing agents and successfully artificially inseminated a dog ( 1780)
7
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Dumas
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proved that spermatozoa were the fertilizing agents (1825)
8
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1855 to present
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beginning of modern reproductive physiology
- artificial insemination
- biochemical pregnancy detection
- cloning
- contraception
- embryo culture/transfer
- endocrinology
- estrous synchronization
- frozen semen
- in-vitro fertilization
- sex selection in semen and embryos