COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF VERTEBRATE:PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
CZOL202P
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1.   Osteology
    1. Carapace and plastron of turtle /tortoise
    2. Mammalian skulls

Study of structure of feather

  1. Frog - Study of developmental stages - whole mounts and sections through permanent slides – cleavage stages, blastula, gastrula, neurula, tail bud stage, tadpole external and internal gill stages.
  2. Structure of Hens egg
  3. Study of the different types of placenta- histological sections through permanent slides or photomicrographs.
  4. Examination of gametes - frog/rat - sperm and ova through permanent slides or photomicrographs.
  5. An album of different integumentary derivatives.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Kardong, K.V. (2005) Vertebrates’ Comparative Anatomy, Function and Evolution. IV Edition. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
  • Kent, G.C. and Carr R.K. (2000). Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. IX Edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • Hilderbrand, M and Gaslow G.E. Analysis of Vertebrate Structure, John Wiley and Sons.
  • Walter, H.E. and Sayles, L.P; Biology of Vertebrates, Khosla Publishing House.
  • Gilbert, S. F. (2006). Developmental Biology, VIII Edition, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Balinsky, B.I. (2008). An introduction to Embryology, International Thomson Computer Press.
  • Carlson, Bruce M (1996). Patten’s Foundations of Embryology, McGraw Hill, Inc.

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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