PUC lecturers recruitment 2012 CET syllabus for zoology
Zoology (Subject Code – 15B)
Zoology (Subject Code – 15B)
PAPER-I
Non Chordata and chordata, Ecology, Ethology, Bio-Statistics
and Economic zoology,
Section-A : Non chordata and chordata
1. A general Survey classification and relationship
of the various phyla
2. Protozoa : Study of the structure, blonomlca and
life history Parameceium,
monocystis, malarial parasite, trypanasoma and
Leishmania, Locomotion, nutrition and reproduction In protozoa.
3. Porifera : Canal system, Skeleton and reproduction.
4. Coelenterata : Structure and life history of
Obelia and Aurelia. Polymorphism in Hydrozoa, coral formation, metagenesis, Phylogenetic
relationship of cnidaria
and acnidaria.
5. Helminthes : Structures and life history of
Planaria, Fasciola, Taenia and Ascaris. Parastic adaptation, Helminthes in
relation to man.
6. Annelida : Nerieis, earthworm and leech; coelom
and metamerism, modes of life in polychaetes.
7. Arthropods : Palaemon, Scorpion, cockroach, larval
forms and parasitism in
Crustacea, mouth parts, vision and respiration in
arthropods, social life and
metamorphosis in insects. Importance of Peripatus.
8. Mollusca : Unio Pila, oyster, culture and pearl
formation, cephalopoda.
9. Echinodermata - General organization, larval forms
and affinities of Echinodermata.
10. General organization and characters, outline
classification and inter-relationship of protochordeta, Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia,
Aves and Mammalia.
11. Neotony and retrogressive metamorphosis
12. A general study of comparative account of the
various systems of vertebrates.
13. Locomotion, migration and respiration in fishes, structure
and affinities of Dipnoi.
14. Origin of Amphibia, distribution, anatomical
peculiarities and affinities of Urodela andApoda.
15. Origin of Reptiles, Adaptive radiation in
reptiles, fossil reptiles, poisonous and
non poisonous snakes of India
16. Origin of birds, flightless birds, aerial
adoptation and migration of birds.Section - B : Ecology, Ethology, Biostatics
and Economic Zoology. Ecology:
1. Environment: Abiotic factors and their role, Biotio
Factor* Inter and Inter – specific relations,
2. Animal: Organisation at population and community
levels, ecological successions.
3. Ecosystem: Concept, components, fundamentals
operation, energy flow, biogeochemlcal cycles, food and trophic levels.
4. Adaptation in fresh water, marine and terrestrial
habitats.
5. Pollution in air, water and land.
6. Wild life in India
7. General survey of various types of animal behaviour
8. Role of harmones and phermones in behaviour
9. Choronobiology, Biological clock, seasonal rhythms,
tidal rhythms.
10. Neuro-endocrine control of behaviour.
11. Methods of studying animals behaviour. Bio
Statistics
12. Methods of sampling, frequency distribution and
measures of central tendency, standard deviation, standard error and standard
deviance, correlation and regression and Chi-square and t-test. Economic
Zoology
13. Parasitism, commensalisms & host parasite
relationship
14. Parasitic protozoan’s helminthes and insects of
man and domestic animals.
15. Insect pests of crops and stores products.
16. Beneficial insects.
17. Pisciculture and induced breeding.
PAPER - II
Cell biology, Genetics, Evolution and Systematics, Biochemistry
Physiology and
Embryology. Section ‘A’: Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution
and systematics.
1. Cell Biology - Structure and function of Cell and
Cytoplasmic constituents, structure of nucleus, plasma membrane, mitochondria, golgibodies,
endo-plasmic reticulum and ribosomes, cell division, mitotic spindle and
chromosome movements and meiosis.Gene structure and Function ; Watson-Crick
model of DNA, Replication of DNA Genetic code, protein synthesis cell
differentiation sex chromosomes and sex determination.
2. Genetics:Mendelian laws of inheritance, re-combination,
linkage and linkage maps, multiple, alleles; mutation (natural and induced), mutation
(and evolution, Meiosis, chromosome number and form, structural rearrangements;
polyploidy, cytoplasmic, inheritance, regulation of gene expression in
prokaryotes and eukaryotes, biochemical genetic, elements of human genetics; normal
and abnormal karyotypes, genes and diseases, Eugenics.
3. Evolution and systematics - Origin of life history
of evolution through Lamarck
and his works. Darwin
Natural selection, Hardy-Weinberg law, cryptic and
warning, colouration mimicry,
Isolation mechanism, and their role. Fauna, concept
of species and sub species,
principles of classification, zoological nomenclature
and international code. Fossils, outline of geological eras phylogeny of horse,
elephant, camel, .origin and evolution of man, principles and theories of
continental distribution of animals, zoogeographical realms of the world.
Section ‘B’: Biochemistry, Physiology and Embryology
1. Biochemistry: Structure of carbohydrates, lipids, animoacids,
proteins and nucleic acids, glycolysis and krebs cycle, oxidation and reduction,
oxidative phosphorylation, energy conservation and release, ATP, Cyclic ABP, saturated
and unsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol, steroid
hormones Types of enzymes, Mechanism of enzyme action immunoglobulins and
immunity, Vitamins and coenzymes; Hormones, their classification, biosynthesis
and functions.
2. Physiology with special reference to animals, composition
of blood, blood groups in man, coagulation, oxygen and carbondioxide transport
haemoglobin, breathing and its regulation nephron and urine formation, acid
base balance and
homeostasis, temperature regulation in man, mechanism
of conduction along the axon and across synapse, neurotransmitters, vision, hearing
and other receptors; types of muscles, ultrastructure and mechanism of
contraction of skeletal muscle role of salivary glands, liver, pancreas and
intestinal glands in digestion, absorption of digested food, nutrition and
balanced diet of man, Mechanism of action of steroid and peptide hormones, role
of hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal, testis, ovary
and pineal organs and their inter-relationships, physiology of reproduction in
humans, hormonalcontrol of development in man and insects, pheromones in
insects and mammals. Embryology: Gametogenesis, fertilization, types of eggs, cleavage,
development upto gastrulation in branchiostoma, frog and chick, Fate maps of
frog and chick; Metamorphosis in frog. Formation and fate of extra embryonic
membrane in chick, Formation of amnion, allantois and types of placenta in
mammals, function of placenta in mammals.
Organisers, Regeneration, genetic, control of development, Organesis of
central nervous system, sense organs heart and kidney of vertebrate embryos
Ageing and its implication in relation to man.
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