1. Non-chordata and Chordata:
(a) Classification and relationship of various phyla up to subclasses : Acoelomate and Coelomate, Protostomes and Deuterostomes, Bilateria and Radiata ; Status of Protista, Parazoa, Onychophora and Hemichordata ; Symmetry.
(b) Protozoa : Locomotion, nutrition, reproduction, sex ; General features and life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis. Plasmodium and Leishmania.
(c) Porifera : Skeleton, canal system and reproduction.
(d) Cnidaria: Polymorphism, defensive structures and their mechanism ; coral reefs and their formation; metagenesis ; general features and life history of Obelia and Aurelia.
(e) Platyhelminthes: Parasitic adaptation ; general features and life history of Fasciola and Taenia and their-Pathogenic symptoms.
(f) Nemathelminthes: General features, life history, parasitic adaptation of Ascaris and Wuchereria.
(g) Annelida : Coelom and metamerism; modes of life in polychaetes ; general features and life history of Nereis, earthworm and leach.
(h) Arthropoda Larval forms and parasitism in Crustacea; vision and respiration in arthropods (Prawn, cockroach and scorpion) ; modification of mouth, parts in insects (cockroach, mosquito, housefly, honey bee and butterfly), metapmor phosis in insect and its hormonal regulation, socialbehaviour ofApis and termites.
(i) Molluscs: Feeding, respiration, locomotion, general features and life history of Lamellidens;Pila and Sepia. Torsion and detorsion in gastropods.
(j) Echinodermata: Feeding, respiration, locomotion, larval forms, general features and life history of Asterias.
(k) Protochordata: Origin of chordates ; general features and life history of Branchiostoma and Herdmania.
(I) Pisces : Respiration, locomotion and migration.
(m) Am phibia: Origin of tetrapods, parental care, paedomorphosis.
(n) Reptilia ; Origin of reptiles, skull types, status of Sphenodon and crocodiles.
(o) Ayes: Origin of birds, flight adaptation, migration.
(p) Mammalia: Origin of mammals, dentition, general features of egg laying mammals, pouchedmammals, aquatic mammals and primates, endocrine glands (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, gonads) and their interrelationships.
(q) Comparative functional anatomy of various systems of vertebrates. (integument and its derivatives, endoskeleton, locomotory organs, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system including heart and aortic arches, urinogenital system, brain and sense organs (eye and ear).
2. Ecology:
(a) Biosphere: concept of biosphere; biomes, Biogeochernical cycles, Human induced changes in atmosphere including green house effect, ecological succession, biomes and ecotones, community ecology.
(b) Concept of ecosystem; structure and function of ecosystem, types of ecosystem, ecological succession, ecological adaptation.
(c) Population; characteristics, population dynamics, population stabilization.
(d) Biodiversity and diversity conservation of natural resources.
(e) Wildlife of India.
(f) Remote sensing for sustainable development. (g) Environmental biodegradation; pollution and its impact on biosphere and its prevention.
3. Ethology :
(a) Behaviour: Sensory filtering, responsiveness, sign stimuli, learning, and memory, instinct. habituation, conditioning, imprinting.
(b) Role of hormones in drive; role of pheromones in alarm spreading; crypsis, predator detection, predator tactics, social hierarchies in primates, social organization in insects;
(c) Orientation, navigation, homing; biological rhythms: biological clock, tidal, seasonal and circadian rhythms.
(d) Methods of studying animal behaviour including sexual conflict, selfishness, kinship and altruism.
4. Economic Zoology:
5. Biostatistics
PAPER - II
1. Cell Biology :
(a) Structure and function of cell and its organelles (nucleus, plasma membrane, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes and lysosomes), cell division (mitosis and meiosis), mitotic spindle and mitotic apparatus, chromosome movement chromosome type ploytene and lambrush, organization of chromatin, heterochromatin, Cell cycle regulation.
(b) Nucleic acid topology, DNA motif, DNA replication, transcription, RNA processing, translation, protein foldings and transport.
2. Genetics :
(a) Modern concept of gene, split gene, genetic regulation, genetic, code.
(b) Sex chromosomes and their evolution, sex determination in Drosophila and man.
(c) Mendel's laws of inheritance, recombination, linkage, multiple alleles, genetics of blood groups, pedigree analysis, hereditary diseases in man
(d) Mutations and rnutagenesis.
(e) Recombinant DNA technology, plasmid, cosmid, artificial chromosomes as vectors, transgenics, DNA cloning and whole animal cloning (principles and methods).
(f) Gene regulation and expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
(g) Signal molecules, cell death, defects in signaling pathway and consequences.
(h) RFLP, RAPD and AFLF and application of RFLP in DNA finger-printing ribozyme technologies, human genome project, genomics and protomics.
3. Evolution:
(a) Theories of origin of life.
(b) Theories of evolution; Natural selection, role of mutation in evolution, evolutionary patterns, molecular drive, mimicry, variation, isolation and speciation.
(c) Evolution of horse, elephant and man using fossil data.
(d) Hardy-Weinberg Law.
(e) Continental drift and distribution of animals.
4. Systematics
5. Biochemistry
6. Physiology
7. Developmental Biology
