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PRACTICAL COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES
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PRACTICAL COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES |
The students will be able to- CO1: Appraise the study of placoid, cycloid and ctenoid scales through permanent slides/photographs
CO2: Analyze comparatively study of skeleton of Frog, Varanus, Fowl, Rabbit and mammalian skull
CO3: Differentiate the Carapace and plastron of turtle /tortoise and different types of feathers
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Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical |
Class test Semester end examinations, Quiz Assignments Presentation Individual and group projects |
1. Study of placoid, cycloid and ctenoid scales through permanent slides/photographs
2.Study of different types of feathers
3. Disarticulated skeleton of Frog, Varanus, Fowl, Rabbit
4. Carapace and plastron of turtle /tortoise
5. Mammalian skulls: One herbivorous and one carnivorous animal
6. Dissection of rat to study arterial and urino-genital system(subject to permission)
7. Study of structure of any two organs (heart, lung, kidney, eye and ear) from
video recording (may be included if dissection not permitted)
8. Project on skeletal modifications in vertebrates (may be included if dissection not permitted)
SUGGESTED READINGS
● Young, J.Z.: The Life of Vertebrates. III Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
● Text book of Chordate Zoology vol. II ;Sandhu, G.S. and Sandhu, G.S;Campus Books.
● Modern text book of Zoology-Vertebrates; Kotpal, Rastogi Publication.
● Liem, K. F., Bemis,W. E., Walker, W.F. & Grande, L. 2001. Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective. Brooks Cole.
● Kardong, Kenneth V. 2012.Vertebrates Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution. McGraw Hill Higher Education. 6th edition. Paperback.
● Kent, G.C. and Carr R.K. (2000). Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. IX Edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies
● Hilderbrand, M and Gaslow G.E. Analysis of Vertebrate Structure, John Wiley and Sons.
● Walter, H.E. and Sayles, L.P; Biology of Vertebrates, Khosla Publishing House.
