Cluster University B.Sc. Zoology 4th Sem PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Syllabus

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Cluster University B.Sc. Zoology 4th Sem PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Syllabus

CLUSTER UNIVERSITY JAMMU
SYLLABUS – SEMESTER 4th (CBCS) – ZOOLOGY
(CORE COURSE - THEORY)
COURSE CODE : 1ZOOTC0401 Page | 1
TITLE: PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY
BIOLOGY
COURSE CODE : 1ZOOTC0401 CREDITS : 04
DURATION OF EXAMINATION TOTAL: 100 Marks
MINOR TEST : 01 Hour MINOR TEST: 20 Marks
MAJOR TEST : 2.5 Hours MAJOR TEST: 80 Marks

Unit-I CELL CYCLE, MENDELISM AND NEO-MENDELISM (13 Hours)
1.1. Cell cycle: Phases
1.1.1. Mitosis
1.1.2. Meiosis
1.2. Mendelian Genetics
1.2.1 Mendelism and Neo-mendelism(Complementary and
Supplementary ratios).
1.2.2 Principles of Inheritance.
1.2.3 Incomplete dominance and Co-dominance.
1.2.4 Multiple alleles, Lethal alleles, Epistasis, Pleiotropy.
1.2.5 Extra chromosomal inheritance

Unit-II LINKAGE (12 Hours)
2.1 Linkage and linkage groups
2.1.1 Complete and incomplete linkage.
2.2 Crossing over
2.2.1 Cytological basis of crossing over.
2.2.2 Recombination frequency
2.2.3 Two and three factor crosses, interference and coincidence

Unit-III MUTATIONS AND SEX DETERMINATION (13 Hours)
3.1 Chromosomal mutations
3.1.1 Deletions
3.1.2 Duplications
3.1.3 Inversions
3.1.4 Translocations
3.2 Numerical Chromosomal Changes
3.2.1 Aneuploidy