EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
24CZOL614
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
Course Objectives
This course will enable the students to -
1. Analyse 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

Assessment

Strategies

 Course Code

Course Title

 

 

 

24CZOL 614  

Evolutionary 

biology

Practical

CO:163 Analyse 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:166  Analyse 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 quizes

Learning activities  for the students: Self-learning 

assignments, 

Simulation, Seminar  presentation, Giving  tasks, Chart 

preparation

Assessment 

Strategies

Class test, 

Semester end 

examinations, 

Quiz, Solving 

problems in 

tutorials, 

Assignments, 

Presentation.

 

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

 

 

Essential Readings: 
SUGGESTED READINGS 
● 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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