Basic Taxonomy and Techniques
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The official GTU curriculum for Basic Taxonomy and Techniques (subject code 2140402) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 35 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2140402)Unit 1 History & Terminologies
- Historical background of taxonomy-contributions of Aristotle
- Whittacker, etc
- Meaning of taxonomy
- Scientific nomenclature
- etc. 4 hrs 12.5%
Unit 2 Taxonomical Techniques
- anatomical and biochemical characterization of the organisms
- techniques of genetical and molecular characterization of the organisms – GC%
- conserved sequences and 16S rRNA analysis. 4 hrs 12.5%
Unit 3 Plant Taxonomy
- Introduction to plant taxonomy
- diversity in plants
- early attempts of plant classification
- present status of plant taxonomy
- scientific nomenclature of plants
- important methods of plant classification
- important plant families
- scope and importance of plant classification
- recent developments in plant taxonomy. 8 hrs 25%
Unit 4 Animal Taxonomy
- Introduction to animal taxonomy
- diversity in animals
- early attempts of animal classification
- present status of animal taxonomy
- scientific nomenclature of animals
- important methods of animal classification
- important phyla of animals
- scope and importance of animal classification
- recent developments in animal taxonomy. 8 hrs 25%
Unit 5 Microbial Taxonomy
- Introduction to microbial taxonomy
- microbial diversity
- early attempts of microbial classification
- present status of microbial taxonomy
- scientific nomenclature of microorganisms
- important methods of microbial classification
- categories of microorganisms
- scope and importance of microbial classification
- recent developments in microbial taxonomy. 8 hrs 25%
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