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SYLLABUS : HIGHER SECONDARY<br />

- FIRST YEAR - BOTANY<br />

Unit 1 : Biodiversity (20 hours)<br />

Systematics : Two Kingdom and Five Kingdom Systems - Salient features of<br />

various Plant Groups (Algae, Fungi, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms)<br />

- Viruses - Bacteria - Algae : Spirogyra - Fungi : Mucor - Bryophyta : Riccia -<br />

Pteridophyta : Nephrolepsis - Gymnosperms : Cycas.<br />

Unit 2 : Cell Biology (20 hours)<br />

Cells as the basic Unit of Life - Cell Theory - Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells<br />

(Plant Cell) - Light Microscope and Electron Microscope (TEM & SEM) - Ultra<br />

Structure of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells - Cell Wall - Cell Membrane (Fluid<br />

Mosaic Model) Membrane Transport Model - Cell Organelles : Nucleus,<br />

Mitochondria, Plastid, Ribosomes - Cell Divisions : Amitosis, Mitosis and Meiosis<br />

and their significance.<br />

Unit 3 : Plant Morphology (10 hours)<br />

Structure and modifications of Root, Stem and Leaf - Structure and types of<br />

Inflorescences - Structure and types of flowers, fruits and seeds<br />

Unit 4 : Genetics (10 hours)<br />

Concept of Heredity and Variations - Mendel's Laws of Inheritance - Chromosomal<br />

basis of Inheritance - Intermediate Inheritance (incomplete Dominance) - Epistasis<br />

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