Syllabus

Course Code: B-ZOO-601 (ii)    Course Name: Animal Taxonomy

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Fundamental concepts of Taxonomy
Introduction to Taxonomy, Application and Importance of Biosystematics in zoology, Cyto taxonomy, Chemo taxonomy, Molecular taxonomy
2. Zoological Nomenclature
International code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN): ICZN, Binomial and trinomial of classification
2 3. Taxonomic Procedures
Taxonomic collections, preservation, curating and process of identifying Taxonomic characters: Morphological, embryologic, cytogenetical, biochemical numeral components of classification and Linnaean hierarchy, Taxonomic keys- different kinds, their merits and demerits
4. Species Concept
Concepts of speciation and Subspeciation Potential mode of speciation
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