Practical

Paper Code: 
ZOL-103
Credits: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 

Animal Diversity I

 

Study of museum specimens and slides:

 

  • Protozoa :Paramecium(WM), Binary fission, Conjugation, Entamoeba, Trypanosoma, Plasmodium, Monocystis, Opalina, Vorticella, Balantidium, Nyctotherus, Euglena

 

  • Porifera: Sycon L.S & T.S, Sponge spicules, Spongin fibres

     Leucosolenia, Euplectella, Spongilla.

 

  • Coelentrata: Hydra, Obelia(polyp), Aurelia, Sea anemone, Gorgonia, Physalia, Vellela, Alcyonium, Millepora, Pennatula

 

  • Platyhelminthes: Planaria, Fasciola,Taenia-- Scolex, Gravid proglottid

 

  • Aschelminthes: Ascaris(Male & Female), Dracunculus

 

Cell Biology

 

Principle & working of

  • Dissecting microscope
  • Compound microscope   

Fixation and staining

  • Fixatives:- Carnoys, Bouins, formalin
  • Stains:- Acetocarmine, Acetorcein, Eosin,        Haematoxylin
  • Double & Single staining
  • Staining of Euglena,Hydra,Obelia,Foraminiferous shell,Sponge spicules,Sponge gemmules,Spongin fibres

                 Principle & working of Centrifuge (Only Demonstration)

                 Mitosis- Onion root tip

                 Meiosis- Grasshopper/ Cockroach testis 

        

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Pechenik, J.A. Biology of invertebrates,Tata Mc-Graw Hill Ltd, New Delhi.
  • Jordon, E.L., Verma P.S. Invertebrate Zoology, S Chand and Co.
  • Practical Zoology, Invertebrates, Lal, S.S. Rastogi Publications, Meerut
  • Practical Zoology, Invertebrates ,Kohli,K.S.,Ansari, A.S. Ramesh Book Depot, New Delhi.
  • Laboratory manual in Invertebrate & Experimental Zoology, Jacob Vyas Ramesh Book Depot, New Delhi.
  • Practical Zoology, Jacob, D., Bhatia,A.L., Kohli,K.S., Vyas,D.K. Ramesh Book Depot, New Delhi.
  • Biology of Animals. C.P. Hickmann,  L.S. Roberts and A. Larson. Mc Graw Hill Company, New York.
  • Practical Zoology, Jacob, D., Bhatia,A.L., Kohli,K.S., Vyas,D.K. Ramesh Book Depot, New Delhi.
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