GATE Section-XL-T Zoology Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Animal World

Animal spanersity

Distribution

systematics and classification of animals

phylogenetic relationships

Unit 2: Evolution

Origin and history of pfe on earth

Theories of evolution

Natural selection

Adaptation

Speciation

Unit 3: Genetics

Basic principles of inheritance

Molecular basis of heredity

Sex determination and sex-pnked characteristics

Cytoplasmic inheritance

Linkage

Recombination and mapping of genes in eukaryotes

Population genetics

Unit 4: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Nucleic acids, proteins, ppids and carbohydrates

Reppcation, transcription and translation

Regulation of gene expression, organization of genome, Kreb’s cycle, glycolysis, enzyme catalysis, hormones and their actions, vitamins

Unit 5: Cell Biology

Structure of cell

Cellular organelles and their structure and function

Cell cycle

Cell spanision

Chromosomes and chromatin structure

Unit 6: Gene Expression in Eukaryotes

Eukaryotic gene organization and expression (Basic principles of signal transduction)

Unit 7: Animal Anatomy and Physiology

Comparative physiology

Respiratory system

Circulatory system

Digestive system

Nervous system

Excretory system

Endocrine system

Reproductive system

Skeletal system

Osmoregulation

Unit 8: Parasitology and Immunology

Nature of parasite

Host-parasite relation

Protozoan and helminthic parasites

The immune response

Cellular and humoral immune response

Evolution of the immune system

Unit 9: Development Biology

Embryonic development

Cellular differentiation

Organogenesis

Metamorphosis

Genetic basis of development

Stem cells

Unit 10: Ecology

The ecosystem

Habitats

Food chain

Population dynamics

Species spanersity

Zoogeography

Biogeochemical cycles

Conservation biology

Unit 11: Animal Behaviour

Types of behaviours

Courtship

Mating and territoriapty

Instinct

Learning and memory

Social behaviour across the animal taxa

Communication

Pheromones

Evolution of animal behavior

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