Diversity of living world | - About life
- Scope, nature, and meaning of zoology
- Zoology branches
- Study of taxonomy with zoos as tool
- Basic principles/biological system/hierarchy/levels of classification
- Nomenclature
- Concept of species
- Kingdom animalia
- Biodiversity (its distribution & meaning )
- Genetic/species/ecosystem diversity
- Biodiversity’s other attributes
- Role/threat of biodiversity
- Conservation methods
- Wildlife conservation in India (Preservation,legislation,organizations, threatened species)
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Structural organization in animals ) | - Organization levels
- Multicellularity
- Asymmetry/symmetry/radial/bilateral symmetry
- Pseudocoelomates/acoelomates/eucoelomates
- Entero/schizo coelomates
- Tissues (connective/epithelial/muscular/connective/nervous tissues)
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Animal diversity 1 (invertebrate phyla) | - General characters
- Classification till classes with examples
- Porifera
- Cnidaria
- Ctenophora
- Platyhelminthes
- Nematoda
- Annelida
- Arthropoda
- Mollusca
- Echinodermata
- Hemichordata
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Animal diversity 2 (phylum chordata) | - General characters
- Classification till classes
- Phylum: Chordata
- Sub phylum : urochordata/cephalochordata/vertebrata
- Supper class : Agnatha/class cyclostomata/Gnathostomata
- Class : chondrichthyes/osteichthyes/tetrapoda
- class: amphibia/reptilia/aves/mammalia
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Reproduction & locomotion in protozoa | - Definition/types of locomotor structures
- Flagella & cilia
- Flagellar/ciliary movement (recovery & effective strokes in euglena/metachronal and synchronal movement in paramecium)
- Reproduction (definition & its types)
- Asexual reproduction (longitudinal binary fission euglena and transverse binary fission in Paramecium)
- Multiple fission & sexual reproduction
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Biology in human welfare | - Parasitic adaptation & parasitism
- Disease & health (life cycle/introduction/pathogenicity/prevention & treatment)
- Pathogenecity brief account
- Typhoid treatment/prevention
- Common cold, pneumonia, ring worm
- Alcohol & drug abuse
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Periplaneta Americana | - Habit & habitat/external features
- Locomotion
- Digestive/circulatory/respiratory/excretory/nervous system
- Sense organs
- Reproductive system
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Ecology & environment | - Environment & organisms (population/ecology/communities/habitat/niche/biome/ecosphere) only definitions
- Ecosystem/elementary aspects (food chains/food webs/energy flow/productivity)
- Nutrient cycles
- Abiotic factors (temperature/light/water)
- Ecological adaptation population attributes population interactions
- Natality/growth/mortality
- Age distribution
- Population regulation
- Environmental issues (air pollution & its control/noise & water pollution & its control.soil pollution)
- Global warming / greenhouse effect
- Depletion of ozone in stratosphere
- Degradation by improper resource maintenance & utilization
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Human anatomy & physiology 1 | - Digestion & absorption (digestive glands & alimentary canal/peristalsis/ digestion/absorption/proteins/carbohydrates/fats/proteins calorific values/nutritional disorders)
- Breathing & respiration (animals respiratory organs/human respiratory system/breathing mechanism & its regulation in humans/gases exchanges/respiratory volumes/respiratory disorders/occupational respiratory disorders)
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Human anatomy & physiology 2 | - Body circulation & fluids (blood clotting/human circulatory system/human heart structure & blood vessels/cardiac cycle/cardiac output/double circulation/cardiac activity regulation/circulatory system disorders/hypertension/coronary artery disease/heart failure/angina pectoris)
- Excretory products & their elimination (excretion modes/human excretory system/urine formation/osmoregulation/regulation of kidney function/atrial natriuretic factor/ADH & diabetes insipidus/other organ role in excretion/disorders)
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Human anatomy & physiology 3 | - Muscular & skeletal system (skeletal muscle/skeletal system & its functions/disorders of skeletal and muscular systems)
- Neural control & coordination (human beings nervous system/central,peripheral, visceral nervous system/conduction & generation of nerve impulse/reflex action/sensory perception & sense organs/description of other receptors/functioning and structure of ear and eye)
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Human anatomy & physiology 4 | - Endocrine system & chemical coordination (endocrine glands & hormones/ human endocrine system/gonads/mechanism of hormone action/hormones role as messengers & regulators/ hyper & hypo activity/common disorders)
- Immune system (basic concepts of immunology/immunity types/innate immunity/ acquired immunity/ active & passive immunity/interferon/ HIV & AIDS)
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Human reproduction | - Human reproductive system ( female/male reproductive system/microscopic anatomy of ovary & testis/menstrual cycle/fertilization/implantation/pregnancy)
- Reproductive health (reproductive health need/sexually transmitted diseases prevention/birth control/amniocentesis/IVF-ET/ZIFT/A/ICSI
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Genetics | - Variations and hereditary
- Law by Mendel of inheritance
- Pleiotropy
- Multiple alleles & inheritance blood group
- RH factor
- Codominance
- Polygenic inheritance elementary idea
- Humans skin color
- Sex determination in humans, birds, fumes
- Haplodiploidy in honey bees
- Sex linked inheritance
- Mendelian disorders in human beings
- Chromosomal disorders
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Organic evolution | - Life’s origin
- Biological evolution & evidences
- Evolution theories
- Darwin theory of evolution
- Mutation theory (Hugo De Veries)
- Weinberg law
- Natural selection types
- Adaptive radiation
- Human evolutions
- Reproductive isolation
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Applied biology | - Apiculture
- Animal husbandry
- Animal breeding
- Biotechnology application in health/human insulin/vaccine production
- Gene therapy
- Transgenic animals
- ELISA
- Vaccines
- Cancer biology
- Stem cells
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