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Ethology & Evolution
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to
- Appraise evolutionary biology that introduces major principles of evolutionary theory and origins of life through the evolution of animals to the evolution of behaviour.
- Develop concepts about various aspects of evolution such as variation, isolation, speciation and adaptation in organisms.
- Understand about fossils, dinosaurs and geological division of earth crust.
- Explain concepts of ethology, mammalian nervous system and behaviour, methods of studying brain and behaviour Social organization of different animals and role of pheromones in communication.
Course Outcomes (COs):
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ZOL 601 |
Ethology and Evolution |
The students will CO-63 Critically analyze the evidences that living species share descent from common ancestry and how this fact explains the traits of living species CO-64 Acquire knowledge on evolutionary changes, genetic composition of populations, variation, isolation, speciation and adaptation etc CO-65 Develop importance of ethology & diversity of animal behaviour CO-66 Correlate between mammalian nervous system and behaviour CO-67 Relate the social organization of different animals |
The approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
- Chemical origin of Life
- Lamarckism & Darwinism
- Neo- Lamarckism & Neo-Darwinism
- Elementary idea of Hardy-Weinberg Law(Factor affecting)
- Variation
- Isolation and Speciation
- Adaptations (Structural adaptations-Aerial ,Aquatic, Scansorial, ,Fossorial, Cursorial, Desert)
- Geological division of the Earth crust
- Zoogeographical distribution: Principal zoogeographical regions of the world with reference to their mammalian fauna
- Continental drift
- Fossils, imperfection of fossil record
- Study of Extinct forms: Dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx
- Introduction of Ethology (Contribution of Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, Karl Von Frisch)
- Concepts of Ethology: Fixed action pattern, Sign stimulus, Innate releasing mechanism, Action specific energy, motivation, imprinting & learning
- Elementary idea of role of Pheromones
● Methods of studying brain behaviour(Laboratory): Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological, Neurochemical techniques
● Societies: Characteristics & advantages
● Social organization : Mating strategies, societies of Ants, Deer, and Monkeys
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
● Evolution, V.B.Rastogi, KedarNath, Ram Nath, Merrut.
● Animal Behaviour; Mathur, R.; Rastogi Publications, Meerut Introduction to evolution; Moody.
● An introduction to behaviour; Manning, A & Dawkins, M. S.; Cambridge Low Price Edition. UK.
● Animal Behaviour, David McFarland, Pitman Publishing Ltd, London, UK.
● Animal Behaviour, John Alcock, Sinauer Assoc. Inc. USA.
● Genetics and Origin of Species. Dobzhansky, Th., F.J.Alaya, G.L.Stebbins and J.M.Valentine. Surjeet Publication, Delhi.
● Evolutionary Biology, Futuyamma, D.J.Sinauer Associates, INC Publishers, Sunderland.
● Evolution, Barton et al.,Cold Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, USA.
● Evolution, Hall, B. K. and Hallgrimsson, James and Bartlett Publisher, Sudbury, USA.
● Exploring Animal Behaviour, Paul, W. Sherman and John Alcock, Sinauer Assoc. Inc, Massachusetts, USA.
● Genes and Evolution. JhaA.P.John Publication, New Delhi
● Evolution and Genetics Merral, D.J.Holt, Rinchart and Winston, Inc.
● Evolutionary Genetics. Smith,J.M. Oxford University Press, New York.
● Evolution. Strikberger, M.W.Jones and Barlett Publishers, Boston London chordates
