Credit Distribution: (4+1+0)

Course Objectives:

Course Outcome:

UNIT:1 (Fundamentals of Forensic Biology and Biological Evidences)

Session 1:

Scope of Forensic Biology

Session 2:

Different domain of biology in investigative sciences

Session 3:

Types of Biological Evidences

Session 4:

Importance of Biological Evidences in Forensic Investigation

Session 5:

Procedure for collection and preservation of biological samples

Session 6:

Introduction of Plant and Animal Cell

Session 7:

Different eukaryotic and cellular organelles

Session 8: 

Plasma membrane, Transport across membrane

Session 9:

Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi complex, Mitochondria, Chloroplast and Lysosomes.

Session 10:

Organization of Nucleus and nuclear transport.

Session 11:

Cell division- Mitosis and Meiosis

Session 12:

Types and properties of amino acids

Session 13:

Structure of proteins and their importance in Forensic Investigation

Session 14: 

Chemistry of Carbohydrates

Session 15:

Definition, classification and biological importance fo Carbohydrates

Session 16:

Chemistry of Lipids

Session 17:

Definition, classification and biological importance of Lipids

Session 18:

Principle of inheritance and diversity

Session 19:

Organization of genome in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

Session 20:

Chemical structure of DNA and RNA

Session 21:

Overview of Central Dogma

Session 22:

Various types of woods, seeds, leaves and their forensic importance

Session 23:

Study and identification of pollen grains and starch

Session 24:

Morphological and anatomical characteristics of plants yielding drugs

Session 25:

Drugs of abuse like Opium, Cannabis, Coca plant, Psilocybe mushrooms, Tobacco

Session 26: 

General Entomology

Session 27:

Importance of insects in forensic investigations

Session 28:

Life cycles of insect to determine time since death insect to determine time since death

Session 29:

Case study

Reference Books:
1. Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (2014) Saferstein, Pearson Prentice Hall Inc.
USA, ISBN-13: 978-0133458824
2. James, S.H. And Nordby, J. J.; Forensic Science; An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative
Techniques, CRC Press USA
3. Laboratory Procedure Manual - Forensic Biology (2005), Directorate of Forensic Science,
MHA, New Delhi
4. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 6th Edition (2012) – Nelson and Cox, W.H. Freeman,
ISBN: 978-1429234146
5. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Edition (2014) – Bruce Alberts, et al., Garland
Science, ISBN: 978-0815341055
6. Forensic DNA Typing, Second Edition: Biology, Technology, and Genetics of STR
Markers 2nd Edition (2005) - John M. Butler, Academic Press, ISBN:0121479528
7. Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques – Stuart
H. James, Jon J. Nord by, CRC Press, ISBN:0849327474