Revision for Term II Exams

Revise chapters well for Term II Exams. 

Syllabus for IInd term

Unit 1 : Reproduction     Ch 1-4
Unit 2: Genetics             Ch 5- 7  
Unit 3: Biotechnology   Ch 11-12

Prepare the questions from Ist UT , IInd UT, Ist term also.

Syllabus for II UT

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)

Polymerase Chain Reaction video

Use of selectable markers to select recombinant transformant

Evolution based posters/ cartoons

Evolution

Evolution: Theories of origin of life, Miller and urey Experiment, Oparane Haldane Biochemical theory, Evidence of evolution- convergent/ divergent evolution, Theory of evolution, hardy weinnberg equilibrium, Story of evolution

A link for some conceptual clarity:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01