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BIOLOGY
CLASS: Second Year PUC
UNIT 1 REPRODUCTION
Reproduction in Organisms
Reproduction a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of
species.
Modes of reproduction- Asexual and sexual.
Asexual reproduction
- Uniparental
- Modes – Binary fission, sporulation, budding, gemmule,
fragmentation, regeneration.
- Vegetative Propagation in plants.
- Micropropagation.
Sexual reproduction in flowering plants
- Flower structure.
- Development of male and female gametophytes.
- Pollination-type-agencies and examples.
- Outbreeding devices.
- Pollen-Pistil interaction.
- Double fertilization
- Post fertilization events
- Development of endosperm & embryo
- Development of seed and formation of fuit.
- Seed development
- Fruit formation.
- Special modes – apomixes, parthenocarpy, Polyembryony.
- Significance of seed and fruit formation.
Human Reproduction
- Male and female reproductive systems.
- Microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary
- Gametogenesis – spermatogenesis & oogenesis.
- Menstrual cycle
- Fertilization, embryo development upto blastocyst formation implantation.
- Pregnancy and placenta formation (Elementary idea).
- Parturition (Elementary idea).
- Lactation (Elementary idea.
Reproductive health
- Need for reproductive health and prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
- Birth Control – Need and Methods.
- Contraception & Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP).
- Amniocentesis.
- Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies – IVF, ZIFT, GIFT (Elementary idea for general awareness).
Unit II GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
Heredity and variation
- Mendelian Inheritance
- Deviations from Mendelism, incomplete dominance Co-dominance, Multiple alleles and Inheritance of blood group, pleiotropy.
- Elementary idea of Polygenic Inheritance
- Chromosome theory of inheritance
- Chromosomes and genes.
Sex determination
- In humans, birds, honey bee.
- Linkage and crossing over.
- Sex linked inheritance-Haemophilla, Colour blindness.
Medellin disorders in humans
- Chromosomal disorders in humans.
- Down’s syndrome, Turner’s and klinefelter’s syndromes.
Search for genetic material and DNA as genetic material.
- Structure of DNA and RNA
- DNA packaging
- DNA replication
- Central dogma
- Transcription, genetic code, translation.
- Gene expression and regulation.
- Genome and human genome project.
- DNA finger printing.
EVOLUTION
Origin of life
Biological evolution and evidences for biological evolution
(Paleontological from comparative anatomy and embryology and
molecular evidence)
- Darwin’s contribution /Modern Synthetic theory of Evolution
- Hardy – Weinberg’s principle.
Mechanism of evolution – Variation (Mutation & Recombination) and
Natural Selection with examples drift types of natural slection
- Gene flow and genetic
- Adaptive Radiation
Human evolution
Unit III BIOLOGY AND HUMAN WELFARE
Health and Disease
- Basic concepts of immunology – vaccines
- Pathogens, parasites causing human diseases ( Malaria, Filariasis, Ascariasis, Typhoid, Pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ring worm).
- Cancer, HIV and AIDS.
- Adolescence drug and alcohol abuse.
Insects and human welfare
- Silk, Honey, Lac
Improvement in food production
- Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein.
- Biofortification, Animal husbandary.
Microbes in human welfare
- In household food processing, industrial production, sewage
treatment, energy generation and as biocontrol agents and
bioferilizers.
UNIT IV BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Principles and process of Biotechnology
- Genetic engineering (Recombination DNA technology).
Application of Biotechnology in health and agriculture
- Human insulin and vaccine production, gene therapy.
- Genetically modified organisms – B+ crops.
- Biosafety issues.
- Biopiracy and patents.
Unit V ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Meaning of ecology, environment, habitat and niche
- Organisms and environment.
Population and ecological adaptations
- Population Interactions – mutualism, competition, predation,
parasitism.
- Population attributes – growth, brith rate and death rate,
- Age distribution.
Ecosystems
Patterns, components, energy flow, nutrient cycling (carbon and
phosphorous), decomposition and producitivity
- Pyramids of number, biomass, energy.
- Ecological succession
- Ecological Services: Carbon fixation, Pollination, Oxygen release
Biodiversity and its conservation
- Threats to and need for biodiversity conservation.
- Hotspots, endangered organisms, extinction, Red Data Book.
- Biodiversity conservation- biosphere reserves, national parks and sanctuaries.
Environmental Issues
- Air Pollution and its control
- Water pollution and its control
- Agrochemicals and their effects
- Solid waste management
- Radioactive waste management
- Greenhouse effect and global warming
- Ozone depletion, deforestation.
- Any three case studies as success stories addressing environmental issues.