EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
25CZOL614
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
This course will enable the students to -
 
1. Analyze the role of Natural Selection and interpretation of data
2. Analyze fossils and understand their significance.
3. Examine homology and analogy in specimens for evolutionary insights.
 
Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessmen t Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

 

 

 

 

CO:163  Analyze  fossils

from models/ picture

 

CO:164 Appraise the

homology and analogy                                 from

suitable specimens

 

CO:165 Speculate the source

of genetic variation and how it

is shaped in the                               absence of

Selection (Hardy-Weinberg; genetic drift)

 

CO:166Analyse the role of Natural Selection and genetic drift

 

CO:167 Demonstrate skills

and record the concepts in

the form of                      practical file

and reflect on personal

learning experiences and

experimental                          outcomes

during viva voce

 

CO:168                         Contribute

effectively      in                     course-

specific interaction

The       approach             in

teaching:

Interactive Lectures,

Tutorials,                           Reading

assignments,

Demonstration,

interactive quizzes

Learning activities for

the     students:

Self-

  learning

assignments,

Simulation,                           Seminar

presentation,          Giving tasks, Chart

preparation

AssessmentStrategies

Class test,

Semester

end

examinations,

Quiz, Solving

problems in

tutorials,

Assignments, Presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evolutionary

25CZOL614

biology Practical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS:
1. Study of fossils from models/ pictures
2. Study of homology and analogy from suitable specimens
3. Study and verification of Hardy-Weinberg Law
4. Demonstration of role of natural selection and genetic drift in changing allele frequencies using simulation studies
5. Graphical representation and interpretation of data of height/ weight of a sample of 100 humans in relation to their age and sex.
 
SCHEME FOR PRACTICAL EXAMINATION:
 
Scheme for CA End Practical Examination

Exercise 1

Exercise II

File

Viva

Attendance

Total

5

5

10

5

5

30

 

Scheme for Semester End Practical Examination

Exercise I

Exercise II

Exercise III

Exercise IV

Spotting

File

Viva

Total

8

8

8

8

6x3=18

10

10

70

 
References: 
Ridley,M (2004) Evolution III Edition Blackwell publishing
Hall, B.K. and Hallgrimson, B (2008). Evolution IV Edition. Jones and Barlett Publishers.
Campbell, N.A. and Reece J.B (2011). Biology. IX Edition. Pearson, Benjamin, Cummings.
Douglas, J. Futuyma (1997). Evolutionary Biology. Sinauer Associates. Snustad.
S Principles of Genetics.
Pevsner, J (2009). Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics. II Edition Wiley Blackwell 

 

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