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BIOSYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY & EVOLUTION (Theory)
Course objectives:
This course will enable the students to -
- Analysis of basic concepts of Biosystematics.
- Descriptive study of taxonomy including speciation, Concept of evolution and theories of organic evolution with an emphasis on Darwinism and Genetics of quantitative traits in population.
- Explain the process of speciation and methods of Phylogenetic analysis, Taxonomy and Evolution.
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24ZOL 121 |
Biosystemati cs, Taxonomy & Evolution (Theory) |
CO1: Build the basic concepts of animal taxonomy and analyze the implications of Chemotaxonomy, Cytotaxonomy and Molecular taxonomy CO2: Furnish the student with different taxonomic procedures including taxonomic collection, species concept and Speciation. CO3:Explain Taxonomic procedures and taxonomic keys and the basic concept of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). CO4:Predict concept of evolution and theories of organic evaluation CO5:Analyse the Concept of Molecular Phylogenetics and Genetics of Quantitative traits in a population CO6:Contribute effectively in course- specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Field practical |
Class test Semester end examinat ions, Quiz Assignment s Presentation Individua l and group projects |
- Definition and basic concepts of biosystematics and taxonomy
- Importance and applications of bio-systematic in biology
- Material basis of biosystematics-different attributes
- Trends in biosystematics- Chemotaxonomy, Cytotaxonomy, Molecular taxonomy
Dimensions of speciation and taxonomic characters
- Dimensions of speciation – types of lineage changes, production of additional lineage
- Theories of Biological classification, Hierarchy of categories
- Species concept- Species category, different species concept, subspecies and other infra specific categories
- Mechanisms of speciation in panmictic and apomictic species
- Taxonomic characters – different kinds, origin of reproductive isolation
- Procedure keys in taxonomy
- Taxonomy procedures-Taxonomic collections, preservations, curetting process of identification
- Taxonomic keys-Different kinds of Taxonomic keys, their merits and demerits
- Systematic publication-Different kinds of publications
- Process of typification and different zoological types
- International code of Zoological nomenclature (ICZN) – its operative principles, interpretation and application of important rules, Zoological nomenclature, formation of scientific names of various taxa.
- Evaluation of biodiversity indices:Shannon-Wiener index, dominance index
● Concept of evolution and theories of organic evaluation with an emphasis on Darwinism.
● Micro andMacro-evolution
● Neo-Darwinism
● Hardy –Weinberg law of genetic equilibrium Detailed account of Destabilizing forces:
● Natural selection
● Mutation
● Genetic drift
● Migration
Meiotic drive
- Genetics of quantitative traits in populations
- Analysis of quantitative traits
- Quantitative traits and natural selection
- Genotype-environment interactions
- Inbreeding depression and heterosis
- Molecular analysis of quantitative traits
- Phenotypic plasticity
- Molecular phylogenetics
- How to construct phylogenetic trees
- Phylogenetic inference-Distance methods, parsimony methods, maximum likelihood method
- Evolutionary Biology, Futuyamma, D. J. Suinuaer Associates, INC Publishers, Sunderland.
- Principles of Systematic Zoology by Ernst Mayr
- A Primer of Population Genetics. Hart, D.L. Suinuaer Associates, Inc, Massachusetts.
- Genes and Evolution. JhaA.P.John Publication, New Delhi
- Species Evolution-The role of chromosomal change. King,M. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Evolution and Genetics Merral, D.J.Holt, Rinchart and Winston, Inc.
- Evolutionary Genetics. Smith,J.M. Oxford University Press, New York.
