LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
SUPPLEMENTARY SEMESTER EXAMINATION – JUN 2006
B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION
ZO 4500 – EMBRYOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Date & Time : 28/06/2006/1.00 – 4.00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Part A (Answer All) 10 × 2 = 20
- Differentiate spermatogenesis from spermiogenesis.
- Comment on fertilizin and antifertilizin
- Write a note on neural crest cells.
- What is erythroblastosis foetalis?
- What do you mean by meroblastic cleavage.
- Distinguish cannon bone from splint bone.
- What are coprolites.
- Comment on evolutionary constancy.
- Give an example for each of the following adaptations
(a) Scansorial (b) Arboreal (c) Rectigrade (d) Cursorial.
- List down any four vestigial organs in man.
Part B (Answer any four) 4 × 10 = 40
- Categorise, explain and illustrate the types of chordate eggs.
- Describe morphogenetic movements.
- Write notes on transgenic animals.
- Explain the role of gene mutations in evolution.
- Briefly discuss the contributions of Neo Lamarkians.
- Tabulate the major events in the geological time scale.
Part C (Answer any two) 2 × 20 = 40
- Write an essay on placentation of mammals.
- Describe the development of sponges.
- Categorise isolating mechanisms and elucidate their importance in speciation.
- Trace evidences from biochemistry and physiology in favour of theory of organic evolution.