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EVOLUTION
Paper Code:
ZOL-613
Credits:
3
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
9.00
Unit I:
UNIT I
Chemical origin of Life
Lamarckism & Darwinism
Neo- Lamarckism & Neo-Darwinism
9.00
Unit II:
UNIT II
Variation and Speciation
Isolation
Adaptations
Fossils, imperfection of fossil record
9.00
Unit III:
UNIT III
Study of Extinct forms: Dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx
Phylogeny of horse.
Geological Time Scale
9.00
Unit IV:
UNIT IV
Population genetics.
• Genetic Drift.
• Hardy-Weinberg Law.
Macro and microevolution: Evolution of Man.
9.00
Unit V:
UNIT V
Zoogeographical distribution: Principal zoogeographical regions of the world with reference to their mammalian fauna
• Continental drift
Essential Readings:
Evolution and Genetics Merral, D.J.Holt, Rinchart and Winston, Inc.
Evolutinary Genetics. Smith,J.M. Oxford University Press, New York.
Evolution. Strikberger, M.W.Jones and Barlett Publishers, Boston London chordates
Evolution, V.B.Rastogi, Kedar Nath, Ram Nath, Merrut.
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