PAPER – I Total Marks: 100
Invertebrate and Chordate Zoology
Table of Contents
Section – A
Invertebrate: Introduction General organizations (Structure, function, mode of life, Reproduction, life cycles, adaptation, distribution and Economic Importance) of the Following groups with special reference to the
Topic mentioned in each group:-
Protozoa: Animal – like Protists: Origin and Phylogenetic relationship of protozoa, parasitism, Locomotion, Nutrition, Reproduction, Economic Importance and Harmful Protozoa.
Porifera: Multicellular and Tissue level of organization: origin and Evolutionary perspective, Evolutions of canal system, skeleton and Reproductive System in Porifera.
Coelenterata: Boy wall and Nematocysts, Polymorphism, Coral and Coral reefs, Economic Importance of Coral reefs.
Platyhelminthes: The Triploblastic Acoelomate Body plan: Evolutionary perspective, Parasitic adaptation, life cycle of Fasciola Hepatica (liver fluke) Nematoda The Pseudocoelomate Body Plan:
(Aschelminthes): Evolutionary Perspective, General characteristic, Economic Importance. Parasitic Nematodes of man.
Ammelida: The Metameric Body Form: Evolutionary relationship with other animals, Metamerism and Tagmatization, Phylogenctic Consideration.
Mollusca: Origin of Coelom, Diversity in Gastropods, Bivalve and Cephalopod, Torsion, shell in Mollusca, modification of foot in Mollusca
Arthropoda: Evolutionary Perspective, Metamorphosis, Ecdysis, Appendages feeding, Respiration, Social insect, Economic Importance of Insects, Larvae in various Classes of Arthropoda.
Echinodermata: Skeleton, Water vascular System, Larval farms and their evolutionary significance, Phylogenetic Consideration.
Section – B
Chordata:
Origin and basic plan of chordate, basic plane of vertebrate body, Earliest known vertebrate, Primitive jawed vertebrate, Evolution of jaw in vertebrate, Swimblader in Fishes, Excretion and Osmoregulation.
Amphibian: First terrestrial vertebrates:
Evolutionary perspective, Excretion and Osmoregulation, Reproduction and development.
Reptile: The First Amniotes
Evolution of Reptile, Rise and Fall of Reptile, Extinction of Dinosaurs, Excretion and Osmoregulation, Poisonous apparatus and biting mechanism of poisonous snake.
Aves: Birds, Feathers, Flight and Endothermy:
Phylogenetic Relationship and evolution of Birds, Evolution of flight in Aves, Aerial adaptation and Migration of Birds.
Mammalia: Specialized teeth, Endothermy:
Origin of mammals, Evolutionary perspectives, Diversity among mammals, adaptation in External Structure and Locomotion, vertebrate Excretion, osmoregulation, Reproduction and development, Dentition in vertebrae, Comparative account of Evolution of Heart, gridles Skull, development, nervous system, Stomach in the vertebrate and urinogenital ducts in vertebrates;
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