DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF NON-CHORDATES I: (PROTISTS TO PSEUDOCOELOMATES)

Paper Code: 
CZOL 111T
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

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CZOL 111T

DIVERSITY

AND EVOLUTION

OF

NON-CHORDATES I:

 (PROTISTS

TO PSEUDOCOELOMATES)

 

The students will be able to-

 

CO1: Describe unique and general characters,  ecological role and diversity in Non Chordates

 

CO2:Analyze classification system of  Non Chordates

 

CO3: Understand the structure and function of animal cells.

CO4:Interpret and understand the life cycles of non chordates

The approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Chart preparation

 

Assessment Strategies

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation.

 

 

14.00
Unit I: 
Unit I: Protista, Parazoa and Metazoa

General characteristics and Classification up to classes

Study of  Amoeba and Paramecium

Life cycle and pathogenicity of Plasmodium vivax  

Locomotion and Reproduction in Protista

 
10.00
Unit II: 
Unit II: Porifera

General characteristics and Classification up to classes

Canal system, skeletal system,structure and development of spicules in sponges

Economic importance of Poriferans

 
12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III: Cnidaria

General characteristics and Classification up to classes

Metagenesis in Obelia

Polymorphism in Cnidaria

Corals and coral reefs

 

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV: Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes

 

Ctenophora: General characteristics and Evolutionary significance

Platyhelminthes: General characteristics and Classification up to classes

Life cycle and pathogenicity of  Taenia solium

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V: Nemathelminthes

 

General characteristics and Classification up to classes

Life cycle, and pathogenicity of Ascaris lumbricoides and Wuchereria bancrofti

Parasitic adaptations in helminthes

 
Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
● Text book of Zoology. Parker, T.J., Haswell. W.A.Macmillan Co., London.
● Textbook of Zoology; Shivpuri, Jacob, D. and Vyas. D.K.; Ramesh Book Depot.
● Modern Textbook of Zoology Invertebrates; Kotpal; Rastogi Publications.
● Dhami P.S. and Dhami J.K. Invertebrate Zoology, S Chand and Co.
● Hickman ,C.P.,LS Roberts,and A. Larson.McGraw Hill Company, New York. Integrated
principles of zoology.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
● Ruppert and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, VIII Edition. Holt Saunders
International Edition.
● Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P., Olive, P.j.W., Golding, D.W. and Spicer, J.I. (2002).
The Invertebrate: A New Synthesis, III Edition, Blackwell Science.Barrington. E.J.W.
Invertebrate form and function. PHI New Delhi.
 
e-RESOURCES:
 
JOURNALS:
Journal of Animal Science
Livestock Science
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
 
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