Course objectives:
This course will enable the students to -
Course Outcomes (COs):
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ZOL-315
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Practical
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The students will: CO 59: Examine and differentiate laboratory specimens of vertebrates based on their external features and appearance and their categorical relation with various classes CO 60: Get hands-on practice of various microscopic techniques, occulometery, centrifugation and UV - visible spectroscopy. CO 61: Retrieve information from biological databases along with the submission of sequences into the databases using BLAST & FASTA. |
The approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Demonstration, explanation and conduction of practicals
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical |
Class test Semester end examinations, Evaluation by the performance of students |
Animal Diversity IV & V
Study of museum specimens and slides:
Hemichordate: Balanoglossus
Urochordata:Herdmania, Doliolum.
Cephalochordata:Amphioxus
Cyclostomata: Petromyzon, Ammocoete larva
Pisces:Labeo, Echeneis, Zygaena(Sphyrna), Torpedo, Chimaera,Acipensor, Clarias, Anguilla, Hippocampus, Exocoetus, Any flat fish, Protopterus
Dissection:Scoliodon (Demonstration)—Cranial nerves; Afferent & efferent blood vessels, Eye muscles, Internal ear
Permanent mount—Ampulla of Lorenzini, Placoid scales (Scoliodon)
Amphibia:Ichthyophis, Ambystoma, Axolotl larva, Alytes, Hyla.
Reptiles:Testudo, Sphenodon, Hemidactylus, Phrynosoma, Draco, Chameleon, Eryx, Hydrophis, Naja, Viper, Bungarus, Crocodylus,
Aves: Archaeopteryx, Running bird (Ostrich), Pavo, Choriotis(Great Indian bustard), Passer, Migratory bird(Siberian crane), Pigeon
Mammals:Ornithorhynchus, Tachyglossus, Macropus (Kangaroo), Bat, Loris, Whale, Rhesus.
Study of Experimental animals—Swiss albino Mice
Biological tools and techniques
Bioinformatics:
Similarity searches between sequence using BLAST
Similarity searches between sequence using FASTA
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Links:
[1] https://zoology.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/practical-113
[2] https://zoology.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2021-2022