OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES
Animal Diversity I & II
Study of museum specimens and slides:
Protozoa :Paramecium(WM), Binary fission, Conjugation, Entamoeba, Trypanosoma, Plasmodium, Monocystis), Opalina, Vorticella, Balantidium (Rectal Ciliate, Nyctotherus(Rectal Ciliate), Euglena, Giardia, Elphidium
Porifera:Sycon L.S & T.S, Sponge spicules, Sponginfibres
Leucosolenia, Euplectella, Spongilla.
Coelentrata: Hydra, Obelia(polyp), Aurelia, Sea anemone, Gorgonia, Physalia, Vellela, Alcyonium, Millepora, Pennatula
Platyhelminthes: Planaria, Fasciola,Taenia-- Scolex, Gravid proglottid,Fasicola hepatica and its Larval Forms
Aschelminthes:Ascaris(Male & Female), Dracunculus, Wuchereria, Hook Worm
Any one animal from Minor Phyla: Ctenophora, Rotifera, Onychophora
Cell Biology
Fixation and staining:
Fixatives:- Carnoys, Bouins, formalin
Stains:- Acetocarmine,Acetorcein, Eosin, Haematoxylin
Double & Single staining :
Staining of Euglena,Hydra,Obelia,Foraminiferousshell,Spongespicules,Spongegemmules,Sponginfibre
Mitosis- Onion root tip (Temporary Slide preparation)
Meiosis- (Study of Permanent slides)
Biochemistry
Liver Catalase
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