Chapter Name Lecture number Subtopics (Lecture Contents) Credit Points Status
1 Types of reproduction: Sexual and asexual 0.5
Asexual reproduction: Fission, buidding and vegetative 2 2.5 reproduction 1 Reproduction in Organisms 3 Sexual Reproduction:Pre fertilization event 2 4 Sexual Reproduction: fertilization event 1.5 5 Sexual Reproduction: Post fertilization event 1.5 Total 8 1 Flower: Androecium 1.9 2 Gynoecium 1.5 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering 3 Pollination 1.8 2 Plants 4 Outbreeding and Artificial Fertilisation 1.7 5 Double fertilisation and Post Fertilisation 2.7 6 Apomixis and Polyembryony 2.4 Total 12 1 The Male Reproductive system 2 2 The Female Reproductive system 1 3 Gametogenesis 2 3 Human Reproduction 4 Menstrual Cycle 4 5 Fertilisation and Implantation 3 6 Pregnancy and Embryonic Development 3 7 Parturition and Lactation 1 Total 16 1 Reproductive Health: Problems and Strategies 0.5 2 Population Stabilisation and Birth Control 3 4 Reproductive Health 3 Medical Termination of Pregnancy 0.5 4 Sexually Transmitted Infections 1 5 Infertility 3 Total 8 1 Mendel's Laws of Inheritance 1 2 Inheritance of One Gene 3 3 Inheritance of Two Genes 3 Principles of Inheritance and 5 Polygenic Inheritance, Pleiotropy and sex Variation 4 1.8 determination 5 Mutation 0.2 6 Genetic Disorders 7 Total 16 1 The DNA 1 2 The Search for Genetic Material and RNA World 1.4 3 Replication 1 4 Transcription 0.6 6 Molecular Basis of Inheritance 5 Genetic Code 1 6 Translation 2 7 Regulation of Gene Expression 1 8 Human Genome Project 2 9 DNA Fingerprinting 1 Total 12 1 Introduction and Origin of Life 1 2 Evolution of Life Forms- A Theory 0.4 3 What are Evidences of Evolution? 4.2 7 Evolution 4 Adaptive Radiation and biological evolution 1.4 5 Mechanism of Evolution and Hardy-Weinberg Principle 1.1 6 A Brief Account of Evolution 0.8 7 Origin and Evolution of Man 3.1 Total 12 1 Common Diseases in Humans 4.5 2 Immunity 2.5 3 AIDS 0.5 8 Human Health And Diseases 4 Cancer 1.5 5 Drugs And Smoking 1.5 6 Alcohol Abuse 1.5 Total 12 1 Animal Husbandry 2.1 Strategies For Enhancement in Food 2 Plant Breeding 3.1 9 Production 3 Single Cell Proteins 1.3 4 Tissue Culture 1.5 Total 8 1 Microbes in Human Household Products 0.5 2 Microbes in Human Industrial Products 3 10 Microbes in Human Welfare 3 Microbes in Sewage Treatment 0.4 4 Microbes in Production of Biogas 0.5 5 Microbes as Biocontrol Agents and Biofertilisers 3.6 Total 8 1 Principles of Biotechnology 1 Biotechnology: Principles and 2 Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology 2 11 Processes 3 Cloning vector 2 4 Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology 2 5 Downstream Processing 1 Total 8 1 Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture 3.5 2 Biotechnological Applications in Medicine 2.5 12 Biotechnology and its Application 3 Molecular Diagonis 1.5 4 Transgenic Animals 3 5 Ethical issue 1.5 Total 12 1 Organisms and its Environment 2 2 Major abiotic factor 1 3 Adaptation 1.5 13 Organisms and Populations 4 Population attributes 1 5 Population Growth 1 6 Population interactions 1.5 Total 8 1 Ecosystem- Structure and Function 0.4 2 Productivity 0.6 3 Decomposition 1.5 4 Energy Flow 0.3 14 Ecosystem 5 Ecoogical Pyramids 2 6 Ecological Succession 1.7 7 Nutrient Cycling 1 8 Ecosystem Services 0.5 Total 8 1 Biodiversity 2 2 Pattern of Biodiversity 2 15 Biodiversity and Conservation 3 Loss of biodiversity 2 4 Biodiversity Conservation 2 Total 8 1 Introduction of Pollution and Air Pollution 3.5 2 Water Pollution and its Control 4.2 3 Solid wastes and Agro Chemical waste 0.8 16 Environmental Issues Radioactive Wastes,Greenhouse effect and Global 4 2.4 warming Degrdation by improper resource utilisation and 5 1.1 Deforestation Total 12