Study Material
English / General
Core Course (CC)
Kingdom Protista
►General characters
►Classification of Protozoa up to classes
►Locomotory organelles and locomotion—
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In Amoeba
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In Paramecium
Phylum Porifera
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Canal System in Sycon
Phylum Cnidaria
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Metagenesis in Obelia
Phylum Platyhelminthes
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Life history of Taenia solium
Phylum Nemathelminthes
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Life history of Ascaris lumbricoides and its adaptation
Phylum Annelida
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Nephridia
►Metamerism
Phylum Arthropoda
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Vision in insect
►Eye in Cockroach
►Metamorphosis in Lepidoptera
Phylum Mollusca
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Respiration in Pila
Phylum Echinodermata
►General characters
►Classification up to classes
►Water-vascular system in Asteroidea
Protochordates
►General Characters
►Amphioxus—
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Pharynx
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Feeding mechanism
Agnatha
►General features
►Classification of cyclostomes up to classes
Pisces
►General features
►Classification up to orders
►Osmoregulation in Fishes
Amphibia
►General features
►Classification up to orders
►Parental care
►Metamorphosis in Toad
Reptiles
►General features
►Classification up to orders
►Poisonous and non-poisonous snakes
►Biting mechanism
Aves
►General features
►Classification up to orders
►Flight adaptations
Mammals
►Classification up to orders
►Integument and its modification—
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Hair
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Horn
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Antler
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Nail
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Claw
►Origin & distribution of Cranial nerves in Cavia
ANIMAL DIVERSITY
Comparative Anatomy & Developmental Biology
Integumentary System
Urino-genital System
►Succession of kidney
►Evolution of urino-genital ducts
Derivatives of integument with respect to glands—
►In Birds
►In Mammals
Digestive System
►Stomach
►Dentition
Respiratory System
►Brief account –
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Gills
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Lungs
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Air sacs
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Swim bladder
Circulatory System
►Evolution of heart
►Evolution of aortic arches
Early Embryonic Development
►Gametogenesis:
►Spermatogenesis with respect to mammals
►Oogenesis with respect to mammals
►Fertilization: Sea-Urchin
►Early development of frog
►Structure of mature egg and its membranes
►Patterns of cleavage
►Fate map up to formation of gastrula
►Types of morphogenetic movements
►Fate of germ layers
Late Embryonic Development
►Placenta—
►Types and function
►Metamorphic events in frog life cycle and its ►hormonal regulation
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Unit 1: Nerve and muscle
Unit 6:Reproduction and Endocrine Glands
►Structure of a neuron, resting membrane potential, Origin of Action potential and its propagation in myelinated and non-myelinated nerve fibres, Ultra-structure of skeletal muscle, Molecular and chemical basis of muscle contraction
Unit 2: Digestion
►Physiology of digestion in the alimentary canal; Absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids
Unit 3: Respiration
►Pulmonary ventilation, Transport of Oxygen and carbon
Unit 4: Cardio-vascular system
►Composition of blood, Structure of Heart, Origin and conduction of the cardiac impulse, cardiac cycle
Unit 5: Excretion
►Structure of nephron, Mechanism of Urine formation; Counter-current Mechanism
►Physiology of male reproduction: Histology of testis, hormonal control of spermatogenesis; Physiology of female, reproduction: Histology of ovary, hormonal control of menstrual cycle. Structure and function of pituitary, thyroid, pancreas and adrenal.
Unit 7: Carbohydrate Metabolism
►Glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle, Glycogenesis, Electron Transport Chain.
Unit 8: Lipid Metabolism
►Beta oxidation of Palmitic acid {saturated (C 16:0)} and Linoleic acid {unsaturated (C 18:2)}
Unit 9: Protein Metabolism
►Transamination, Deamination, Urea cycle
Unit 10 : Enzyme
►Enzyme Classification, factors affecting enzyme action, Inhibition
GENETICS & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Unit 1: Mendelian Genetics and its Extension
►Principles of Inheritance, Chromosome theory of inheritance, Incomplete dominance and co dominance, Multiple alleles, lethal alleles, sex linked inheritance in Drosophila (White eye locus) & Human (Thalassemia)
Unit 5: Origin of Life
►Chemical Origin of life
Unit 6: Evolutionary Theories
►Lamarckism, Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism.
Unit 2: Linkage, Crossing Over
►Linkage and crossing over, Complete & Incomplete Linkage, Recombination frequency as a measure of linkage intensity. Holiday Model
Unit 3: Mutation
►Chromosomal mutation, Deletion, duplication, inversion, translocation, aneuploidy, gene mutation, induced mutation, types & example
Unit 7: Process of Evolutionary changes
►Isolating mechanism, Natural Selection.
Unit 8: Speciation
►Sympatric, Allopatric, Parapatric
Unit 4: Sex determination
►Genic Balance theory and dosage compensation in Drosophila.