Download Syllabus For M.Phil Course In Zoology 2015-16

ZOOLOGY
PART – I
There shall be two theory papers carrying 100 marks each.
PART - II
Students have to submit a dissertation carrying 100 marks and viva voce carrying 100 marks.
PART - I (Paper - I)
The paper shall be of four hour duration carrying 100 marks. Ten questions will be set. Five
questions are to be answered selecting at least one question from each unit.
UNIT-I
1. Significance of coelom, movement in Sipuriculid, Polyzoans, Echinodetfss and Mollusc.
2. Filter feeding in Polychaets, Molluscs and Crustacea
3. Parental care in chordates
4. Fossil fishes: Crosopterygii and Placoderms
5. Ecolocation in vertebrates
6. Social behaviour in non-human vertebrates
UNIT - II
1. Ecological tools and techniques
2. Conservation of natural resources
3. Demographic backgrounds for population studies
4. Radiation ecology
5. Cell differentiation and differential gene activity
6. Genetic regulation of early embryonic development in Drosophila
UNIT - III
1. Role of microbes as decomposers.
2. Soil microbiology, role in agriculture.
3. Microbiology of dairy products.
4. Origin and evolution of economically important microbes.
5. Lytic cascade and lysogenic suppression.
6. Retroviruses and transinfection.
UNIT-IV
1. Simple, partial and multiple correlation and Regnession
2 Test of significance (t-test, chi-square test)
3. Analysis of variance.
4. Skewness and Kurtosis '
UNIT-V
1. Circadian rhythm in animals
2. Concept of homeostasis
3.
4
Bioindicators
of
pollution
Scope and importance of Aquaculture in India
and
pollution
hazards
PART - II (Paper - II)
The paper shall be of four hour duration carrying 100 marks. Ten questions will be set.
Five questions are to be answered selecting at least one question from each unit.
UNIT -1
1. Cytoskeleton
2. Cell adhesion and cell aggregation
3. Cellular communication
4. Cell hybridization
5. Nuclear control of cytoplasm
6. Cytoplasmic control of DNA synthesis
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UNIT - II
1. Electrostatis, bonding and hydrophobic interactions
2. Regulation of nucleic acid and protein synthesis
3. Biochemistry of cancer
4. Enzyme kinetics
5. Conversion of aminoacids to specialized products
6. Lipid storage and transport
UNIT - III
1. Electron microscopy
2. Phase contrast and fluorescent microscopy
3. Autoradiography
4. Electrophoresis
5. Ultracentrifugation
6. Tissue culture
UNIT-IV
1. Hybidoma technology, production of monoclanal anitibodies and their applications.
2. Celjular and physiological basis of host-parasite interactions
3. Biology of senescence
4. r - DNA technology
UNIT-V
1. Antibiotic resistance and its implications
2. Protein sorting
3. Drug metabolism and detoxification
4.
Human genetic disorders