Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Islamic History and Culture

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Zoology ( Total Marks - 200 )
Paper I (Marks 100)
INVERTEBRATE AND CHORDATE ZOOLOGY
The candidates will be required to attempt five questions-three from Part - A and two from Part - B.
PART - A
Invertebrate
General organization (general morphology, mode of life adaptations life cycles and economic importance) of the following groups with special reference to the topics mentioned in each group
  • Protozoa: Parasitism, conjugation and autogamy, medical importance.
  • Porifera: Canal system, skeletal structures and their taxonomic value, position of porifera in the Animal Kingdom.
  • Coelenterata: Polymorphism; measenteries corals and coral reefs.
  • Platyhelminthes: Parastic adaptations, medical importance.
  • Nematoda: Medical importance.
  • Anneilda: Coelom, metamerism,
  • Mollusca: Shell, modifications of foot, feeding, respiration, shell fishery,
  • Arthropoda: Appendages, feeding: respiration, larvae.
  • Echinodermata: Skeleton, water vascular system, larvae.
PART - B
Chordata
Origin; comparative account of skeleton, circulatory, excretory and nervous systems, development (egg types, cleavage, blastula and gastrula, germ layer/formation, embryonic membranes and placentation) natural history (mode of life, migration, adaptations, biting mechanism of snakes)
Paper II (Marks 100)
GENERAL ZOOLOGY
The candidates will be required to attempt at least one question from each part.
Part - A
Cell Biology: Morphology. Chemical composition and functions of nucleus, nuclear inclusions and cytoplasmic organelles, protein synthesis and molecular genetics. mechanism of mitosis and meiosis.
Part - B
General Physiology: Respiration, respiratory mechanism, respiratory pigments, transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide, circulation : haemodynamics, control of cardiovascular system, nutrition: modes of nutrition, digestion and assimilation of food stuff, Excretion: nature and sources of substances excreted, modes of excretions, Nervous system, nerve impulses, Hormones and their biological action.
Part - C
Genetics: Mendelian principles, multiple alleles, interaction of genes: linkage and crossing over, mapping of genes, sex determination and sex linkage, mutations, chromosoinal aberrations, gene concept.
Part - D
Evolution: Origin of life, organic diversity, theories to account for organic diversity, Phylogeny and ontogeny, species concept, mechanism of evolution, modem concept of natural selection, evolutionary trends.
Part - E
Ecology : Concept of ecosystem, biogeochemical cycles, animal adaptations to major habitats, environmental pollution and its effect on life.
Suggested Readings
 TitleAuthor
1.A Text Book of Zoology (Invertibrate)Parker and Haswell
2.Comprative Anatomy of the vertebatesGeorge C.kent
3.Invertebrate ZoologyHegner and Engemann
4.Cell structure and Functuion(Eighth)Loewy and siekevitz
5.Cell and Molecular Biolohgy(Eighth Edition)De-Robbertis.E.O.D.& De-Robertis.EMF.
6.Fundamentlas of EcologyOdum
7.Principles of GeneticsStrickberger
8.Introduction to EvolutionMoody
9.Modern GeneticsAyala.F.J.and kiger.J.A.Jr.
10.Text Book of Medical PhysiologyGuyot.W.B
11.Moleculr Biology of GeneWatson.J.D.


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