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The Syllabus of the Biosystematics And Animal Diversity Subject of the MSc Zoology of Kerala University is given below

Biosystematics And Animal Diversity

BIOSYSTEMATICS
Module I. Biological Classification
Hierarchy of categories and higher taxa. Taxonomic Procedures-collection, preservation, curetting and
process of identification. Taxonomic characters of different kinds- quantitative and qualitative analysis of
variation, Process of typification, different zoological types and their significance.
Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Systematics

Module II. Methods of Biosystematics
Classical and modern methods-Typological, Phenetics, Evolutionary, Phylogenetic, Cladistics and Molecular
Taxonomy.Phylocode, Tree of Life and Bar-coding of Life.

Module III. Taxonomic Publications
Keys, types, use of keys, merits and demerits. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature(ICZN),
Rules and formation of Scientific names of different taxa. Homonymy and Synonymy.
Ethics in taxonomy- authorship, suppression of data, undesirable practices in taxonomy.

Module IV. Concepts and Techniques in Systematics
Three Domain Concept in Systematics, two, five and six kingdom classification.Concept of speciestaxonomic
diversity within species.
Molecular Phylogeny-use of Proteins, DNA and RNA. Phylogenetic trees

ANIMAL DIVERSITY
Module I. Introduction 3 hrs.
Origin of Protists. Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Levels of organization in animal kingdom.
Module II. Multi-cellularity

Edicaran and Burgess Shale fauna. Cambrain explosion- causes and consequences. Cropping and Red
Queen principle. Possible theories of metazoan origin.
Symmetry, Coelom and Metamerism-evolutionary advantages.

Module III. Lower Metazoans
Porifera, Cnidaria-Polymorphism, Ctenophora, Acoelomata, Placozoa, Mesozoa and Pseudocoelomataevolutionary
relationships and adaptive modifications only.

Module IV. Protostomes and Deuterostomes
Phylogenetic position of Molluscs, Adaptive Radiation in Molluscs and Annelids.
Phylogeny of Arthropod-Monophyly and Polyphyly, Reasons for the success of Arthropods.
Major classes under Arthropoda and adaptive radiation.
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