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insects, metamorphosis,mouth parts, respiration and social organization ininsects.MOLLUSCA: Shell, locomotion, feeding habits, respiration, structure and life history of Unio,Pila, Sepia, torsion and detorsion in gastropods.ECHINODERMATA: Water vascular system, feeding, larval forms, adaptive radiation,structure and life history of Asterias, sea-urchin.HEMICHORDATA: Affinities of hemichordata, general features and life history ofBalanoglossus.CHORDATA: Origin of chordates, characteristics of subphyla, classification up to orderUROCHORDATA: General characters and life history of Herdmania.CEPHALOCHORDATA: General characters and life history of BranchiostomaVERTEBRATA: Comparative anatomy of various systems of vertebrates ( integument,skeleton, digestive system, circulatory system,respiratory system,nervous system, excretory system, reproductive system, sense organs)Pisces : Locomotion, migration, accessory respiratory organs.Amphibia : Origin of tetrapods, parental care.Reptilia : Origin of reptiles, interrelationship of reptilian groups.Aves : Origin of birds, migration.Mammalia : Origin of mammals, endocrine glands.CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYStructure and functions of cell and its organelles, cell division, organization and Role ofmicrotubules and microfilaments, structure and types of DNA, DNA replication, transcriptionpromoters and transcription factors, translation, genetic code, regulation of gene expression,chromosomes (structure, types, functions) sex determination, Mendelian and non - Mendelianinheritance.PAPER-IIAPPLIED ZOOLOGY, ECOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR, TECHNIQUES & BIOSTATISTICS,EVOLUTION, EMBRYOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY,IMMUNOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGYAPPLIED ZOOLOGY: Aquaculture, sericulture, apiculture, poultry keeping, bacterialand viral diseases (cholera, typhoid, small pox, measles, AIDS), pest management.ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR : Green – houses effect, pollution and its effects,population growth, wild life sanctuaries in India, competition and niche theory, ecologicalaspects of behaviour, social behaviour, biological rhythms.TECHNIQUES AND BIOSTATISTICS: Electrophoresis, centrifugation,spectrophotometry, electron microscopy, chi square test, student t test, F test, standard deviation.EVOLUTION: Origin of life, theories and evidences of organic evolution,microevolution, eras, evolution of horse and man, drift and speciation.EMBRYOLOGY: Germ cell, differentiation and migration ( in amphibians, birds andmammals ), oogenesis, spermatogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation in frog and chick,embryonic induction, organogenesis, development and types of placenta, in vitro fertilizationand embryo transfer.HISTOLOGY: Histology of skin, stomach, intestine, liver, pancreas, lung, kidney,ovary, testis, spleen and thymus of mammals.