GATE Section-XL-T Zoology Syllabus
Course Syllabus
Unit 1: Animal World
- Animal diversity
- Distribution
- systematics and classification of animals
- phylogenetic relationships
Unit 2: Evolution
- Origin and history of life on earth
- Theories of evolution
- Natural selection
- Adaptation
- Speciation
Unit 3: Genetics
- Basic principles of inheritance
- Molecular basis of heredity
- Sex determination and sex-linked characteristics
- Cytoplasmic inheritance
- Linkage
- Recombination and mapping of genes in eukaryotes
- Population genetics
Unit 4: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates
Replication, 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 division
- Chromosomes and chromatin structure
Unit 6: Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
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 diversity
- Zoogeography
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Conservation biology
Unit 11: Animal Behaviour
- Types of behaviours
- Courtship
- Mating and territoriality
- Instinct
- Learning and memory
- Social behaviour across the animal taxa
- Communication
- Pheromones
- Evolution of animal behavior
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