B.Sc. Zoology
8th Semester Syllabus
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MJC-16 (T) : Instrumentation and Biometry
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Unit 1: Instrumentation
◦Principle and uses of: pH meter
◦Colorimeter
◦Spectrophotometer
◦Centrifuge
◦Microscopy: Light microscope
◦Compound microscope
◦Phase contrast
◦Fluorescent and Electron Microscope
Unit 2: Biological Techniques
◦Electrophoresis
◦Agarose gel
◦SDS-PAGE electrophoresis
◦Chromatography
◦Column, GLC
◦Cell separation by density gradient centrifugation
◦Introduction to different culture medium and tools used
◦PCR
◦Recombinant DNA Technology
Unit 3: Introduction to Biometry
◦Concept of data and graphical presentation of data
◦Measures of central tendency: mean
◦Mode and median
◦Measures of dispersion
◦Standard deviation
◦Standard error
◦Types of variables
◦Poisson
◦Binomial and Normal distribution
◦Experimental design and hypothesis testing
Unit 4: Tests of Significance
◦Test of significance: t-test
◦F-test
◦Chi square test
◦Multiple linear regression
◦ANOVA (One way and two-way ANOVA)
◦Correlation and simple linear regression
◦Karl-Pearson correlation coefficient and Ranks correlation coefficient
Reference Books:
- AB Khanal (2016). Mahajan's Methods in Biostatistics for Medical Students and Research Workers. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
- Jerrold H. Zar (2009). Biostatistical analysis. Pearson publication
- RC Elston and WD Johnson (2008). Basic Biostatistics for Geneticists and Epidemiologists. Wiley publication
- Norman TJ Bailey (2000). Statistical Methods in Biology. Published by: Cambridge University Press
- Biological instrumentation and Methodology, P. K. Bajpai
- Instrumentation: Theory and Application, S. Sheel