Chromosomes and Cell Division : Morphology of chromosomes; Euchromatin and Heterochromatin.
Nucleic acid as genetic material (Examples : Bacterial Transformation and Viral Transduction).
Brief idea of Polytene Chromosomes : Cell cycle and phases (excluding control mechanism). Characters of malignant cell; Process & significance of Meiosis.
Medical, Agricultural and Economic Zoology:
A. Outline idea of diseases, their causative organism, mode of infection, symptoms and preventive
measures of :
(i) Malaria
(ii) Filariasis
(iii) Ascariaisis
Growth, Reproduction, and Ageing :
A. In Plants :
Endocrine Ssystem and animal hormones :
Nervous and Muscular system : Brief outline of human brain structure.
Cranial Nerves : Distribution and Function.Spinal cord – Structure and major functions, Reflex arc (types) and reflex action : Conditional and unconditional reflexes.
Excretory System : Histology and function of the nephron (brief idea).
Normal and abnormal constituents of urine.
