Syllabus
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Course Code: B-ZOO-202 Course Name: Animal Diversity of Chordates from Amphibia to Mammalia |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Amphibia: General Characters and Classification upto orders; Origin, Evolutionary tree. Type study of frog (Rana tigrina), Parental Care and Neoteny in Amphibia 2. Reptilia: General Characters and Classification upto orders, Type study of Lizard (Hemidactylus): Structural & Functional morphology, Origin, Evolutionary tree. Extinct reptiles; Poisonous and non-poisonous snakes; Poison apparatus in snakes |
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| 2 | 3. Aves: General Characters and Classifications upto orders. Type study of Pigeon (Columba
livia); Structural & Functional morphology Aerial adaptation, Principles of aerodynamics in Bird flight, migration in birds. 4. Mammals: General Characters and classification up to orders; type study of Rat; Adaptive radiations of mammals, dentition. Affinities of Prototheria, metatheria & eutheria Note: Type study includes detailed study of vari |
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