Practical

Paper Code: 
ZOL-603
Credits: 
2
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Ethology- To be given as Project

  • Tribolium food preference and social behavior in ants
  • General behaviour of experimental mice using maze
  • General behaviour of commonly found animals (Locust, Passer, Koel, Pigeon, Humming bird, Peacock, Weaver bird, Squirrel, Dog, Deer, Monkey)

 

 

Evolution- To be given as Project

  • Adaptive modification in feet and beak in birds
  • Analogy and Homology
  • Serial homology

Ecology:             

  • Water analysis (Acidity, Alkalinity, dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide)
  • Soil analysis pH ,water holding capacity and Bulk density
  • Study of different types of soil texture

Biostatistics:

  • Construction of frequency tables ,histograms, polygon, pie-charts
  • Exercises on mean, mode, median

 

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Practical Zoology, Invertebrates, Kohli, K.S., Ansari, A.S. Ramesh Book Depot, New Delhi.
  • Handbook of methods in Environmental Studies, Maiti, S.K., Jaipur Publications.
  • Practical Exercises in Cytology, Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biostatistics. Raghuvanshi.

 

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