For II UT, focus on preparation of:
Evolution,(Theories of origin of life, pasteur experiment,Darwin theory of natural selection, Oparin and Haldane Biochemical theory, Miller and Urey Experiment, Evidences of evolution- Analogous/ Homologous- convergent/ divergent evolution, Adaptive radiation, Hardy weinberg principle, Factors affecting it, Types of selection)
Molecular basis of inheritance ( DNA structure, packaging, Experiments with diagrams, Semi conservative DNA repliaction -Diagram and description, Transcription- structure of transcriptional unit, Transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, DNA dependent RNA polymerases in prokaryote and Eukaryote - structure and function, Translation- structure of tRNA, Translation unit, UTRs, Salient feature sof genetic code, Lac operon, HGP), and lastly
Principles of Inheritance and Variation ( Principles of Inheritance, Codominance, incomplete dominance, pleiotropy, Multiple allelism, Polygenic Inheritance, Test cross, Pedegree chart, Mendelian and chromosomal disorders, Sex determination mechanism)
