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SLET: Life Sciences

Code No. : 04
Subject : LIFE SCIENCES
PAPER II

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1. Cell Biology: Structure and function of cells and intracellular organelles (of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes); Mechanism of cell division including (mitosis and meiosis) and cell differentiation; Cell-cell interaction; Malignant growth; Immune response; Dosage compensation and mechanism of sex determination.

2. Biochemistry: Structure of atoms, molecules and chemical bonds; Principles of physical chemistry: Thermodynamics, kinetics, dissociation and association constants; Nucleic acid structure, genetic code, replication, transcription and translation: Structure, function and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins; Enzymes and coenzyme; Respiration and photosynthesis.

3. Physiology: Response to stress; Active transport across membranes; Plant and animal hormones: Nutrition (including vitamins): Reproduction in plants, microbes and animals: Sensory responses in microbes, plant and animals.

4. Genetics: Principles of Mendelian inheritance, chromosome structure and function; Gene structure and regulation of gene expression: Linkage and genetic mapping; Extrachromosomal inheritance (episomes, mitochondria and chloroplasts); Mutation: DNA damage and repair, chromosome aberrations: Transposons; Sex-linked inheritance and genetic disorders; Somatic cell genetics; Genome organisation (in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes).

5. Evolutionary Biology: Origin of life (including aspects of prebiotic environment and molecular evolution); Concepts of evolution; Theories of organic evolution; Mechanisms of speciation; Hardy-Weinberg genetic equilibrium, genetic polymorphism and selection; Origin and evolution of economically important microbes, plants and animals.

6. Environmental Biology: Concept and dynamics of ecosystem, components, food chain and energy flow, productivity and biogeochemical cycles; Types of ecosystems; Population ecology and biological control; Community structure and organisation; Environmental pollution; Sustainable development; Economic importance of microbes, plants and animals.

7. Biodiversity and Taxonomy: Species concept; Biological nomenclature theories of biological classification, Structural biochemical and molecular systematics: DNA finger printing, numerical taxonomy, Biodiversity, characterization, generation, maintenance and loss; Magnitude and distribution of biodiversity, economic value, wildlife biology, conservation strategies, cryopreservation.

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