GEN ZOO_ lesson 2

BRANCHES OF ZOOLOGY

ANATOMY

structures revealed via dissection

CYTOLOGY

cells

ECOLOGY

relationship between organisms and environments

EMBRYOLOGY

developmental stages of animals

EVOLUTION

study of the origin of animals and their adaptation to the environment

GENETICS

inherited variation

GEOLOGY

study of earth and life as recorded by fossils in rocks

HISTOLOGY

tissues

MORPHOLOGY

body structures

NEONATOLOGY

newborn animals

PALEONTOLOGY

fossils

PHYSIOLOGY

functions and mechanisms

TAXONOMY

naming and classification of living things

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

animal distribution

API CULTURE

beekeeping; honey

AQUA CULTURE

aquatic organisms

PISCICULTURE

fish farming for food production

DAIRY SCIENCE

milk; cows and buffaloes

GENETIC ENGINEERING

manipulation of genes in animals and other organisms

POULTRY SCIENCE

study of domestic fowl – chicken, duck, turkeys, – for eggs and meat

SERI CULTURE

silkworms

VETERINARIAN SCIENCE

prevention of diseases in animals

ACAROLOGY

Deals with ticks and mites

PRIMATOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY

Deals with apes

CARCINOLOGY

Deals with crustaceans

CONCHOLOGY

Deals with molluscan shells

ENTOMOLOGY

Deals with insects

HELMINTHOLOGY

Deals with parasitic worms

HERPETOLOGY

Deals with amphibians and reptiles

ICHTHYOLOGY

Deals with fishes

LEPIDOPTEROLOGY

Deals with moths and butterflies

MALACOLOGY

Deals with mollusks

MYRMECOLOGY

Deals with ants

NEMATOLOGY

Deals with parasitic roundworms

OPHIOLOGY

Deals with snakes

ORNITHOLOGY

Deals with birds

MAMMALOGY

Deals with mammals