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• Week 1- History of taxonomy: systematics, basic terminology of systematic.
• Week 2-Theories of biological classifications
• Week 3- Taxonomic characters: Kinds and weightage, microtaxonomy, taxonomic categories: specific category, infraspecific category, higher categories.
• Week 4- Typological species concept: Nominalistic species concept, biological species concept, Evolutionary species concept.
• Week 5- Kinds of different species, Speciation,Taxonomic procedures, taxonomic collection; their preservation and duration.
• Week 6- Taxonomic keys, different kinds of keys and their merits and demerits.
• Week 7- Systematics publications: International code of zoological nomenclature; its objective, principles, interpretation, application of important rules.
• Week 8- Zoological nomenclature, law of priority and validity of names.
• Mid term Exam After 8 Week
• Week 9- The nature and origin to life: Evidences of evolution (molecular, embryological & paleontological).
• Week 10- Theories of Evolution: Theories to explain the diversity of life - Modern synthetic theory
• Week 11- Factors initiating elementary evolutionary changes (micro-evolution) by changing gene frequencies,mutation pressure, selection pressure, immigration and crossbreeding, genetic drift.
• Week 12- Role of isolation in evolution: Factors of large evolutionary changes (macro/mega evolution) - allometry, orthogenesis, adaptive radiation
• Week 13-Modern concept of Natural Selection: Levels of selection, selection patterns, laboratory and field example regarding action of Natural Selection
• Week 14- Action of Natural Selection leading to convergence, radiation, regression and extinction, Batesian mimicry, Mullerian mimicry
• Week 15-Sexual selection: Darwin’s concept, Fisher’s view, Zahavi’s handicap theory, Recapitulation theory, Trend and rates in evolution.
• Week 16: Importance and applications of systematics: Taxonomy in Animal science, systematics as a profession and its future perspectives.
• Week 17- Presentations
• Final Term Exam