What is culture? Discuss the characteristics of culture.
See Answer → Write short note on any two of the following.
a. DNA
b. Alkaptonuria (AKP)
c. Abnormal Haemoglobins
d. Genetic Epidemiology
What do you understand by Genetic Counselling? Briefly discuss the process of genetic
counselling.
What are the ethical, legal and social issues in genetic research? Discuss.
See Answer →What is Human Genome Project? Briefly discuss the applications of Human Genome Project.
See Answer →Define DNA polymorphism? Examine any two techniques used in molecular genetics.
See Answer →Red green colour blindness
b. Balanced polymorphism
c. Inbreeding
d. Down syndrome
Write short note on any two of the following.
See Answer →. What are metabolic diseases? Briefly examine different metabolic diseases.
See Answer →What is Hardy Weinberg Law? Discuss any two factors that affect change in gene frequency.
See Answer →. Define Meiosis? Discuss briefly various stages of meiosis with suitable diagrams.
See Answer →What is Human Genetics? Briefly examine various branches of Human Genetics.
See Answer → Write short notes referring to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
a. Cree world view
b. Malinowski and his work
. With reference to the ethnography India’s Changing villages: Human Factors in Community discuss
the role of developmental anthropology in India.
Examine how the ethnography Autonomy: Life Cycle, Gender and Status among Himalayan
pastoralists deals with the construction of selves and individuals in relation to their own society.
Discuss performative aspects of rituals in The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual in Victor
Turner’s work.
Give an overview of writing cultures.
See Answer →Write short notes:
a. Phenomenological ethnography
b. Ethics issues related to identity
With reference to the ethnography Customs and Conflicts in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa
Migrants in Yoruba Towns, examine the fieldwork concerns, intellectual background, the portrayal
of social stratification and caste hierarchy in the work.
Discuss an ethnography from the course that reflects on the interpretative approach in writing
ethnography.