Note: For the Students taken admission after 2015-16
Paper I. Biological Chemistry and Physiology
Biological Chemistry
Introduction to biological molecules: Proteins, Amino acids, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Vitamins and Enzymes- their structure, classification and significance .Metabolism of Carbohydrates
Physiology
Nutrition: Food constituents, intracellular and extracellular digestion, Digestion and absorption
of carbohydrate, fat and protein.
Respiration: Pulmonary ventilation, respiratory pigments, gaseous transport and control of respiration.
Excretion : Concept of ammonotelic , ureotelic and guanotelic animals, urine formation in mammals.
Blood vascular system: Haemopoiesis, composition and functions of blood, blood coagulation. A brief account of immunity. Types of heart, origin and conduction of heart beat.
Nervous system: Resting and action potential of nerves, synapse and transmission of nerve impulse.
Muscular system: Muscle contraction and its Mechanism. A brief idea of tetanus and fatigue.
Endocrinology: General characteristics of endocrine system, mechanisms of hormone action (cellular and sub cellular). A brief knowledge of the structure and hormonal functions of the glands namely, Pituitary, Thyroid, Pancreas, Adrenal, Testis and Ovary. Elementary knowledge of the etiology of Dwarfism, gigantism, acromegaly, diabetes insipidus , Goitre, Cretinism, Myxoedema, Diabetes mellitus and Addison’s disease.
Paper II. Microbiology, Biological Techniques and Animal Behaviour
Microbiology
Introduction to microbiology: kinds of microbes, Typical structure of a bacterium and a virus. Bacteria of medical importance – Gram positive and Gram negative, Mycobecterium, Rickettsia and Actinomycetes.
A brief knowledge of Mycoplasma and AIDS.
Environmental use of microorganisms: Metal recovery , petroleum recovery, pest control, waste water treatment . Food and dairy microbiology- Food production , dairy products , alcoholic beverages, microbial spoilage, food preservation.
Biological Techniques
Introductory knowledge of the application of following biological techniques :
(a) Photometry (Beer Lambert’s law)
(b) Chromatography
(c) Electrophoresis
(d) Microscopy (Phase contrast, TEM, SEM & Fluorescence)
Animal Behaviour
Patterns of behaviour:
Stereotype innate behaviour: Kinases, Taxes and Reflexes. Concepts of
(i) Fixed action patterns
(ii) Sign or key stimulus or releasers and
(iii) Innate releasing mechanism, Instinctive behaviour.
Learned behaviour: Habituation, Conditioned reflexes, Selective learning , Insight learning, Imprinting, Song learning in birds.
Communication : Chemical , Visual, Auditory, Electric and tactile, Dance language of honey bees, Biological clocks.
Bird migration with particular reference to the mechanisms of navigation.
Introduction to Socio-biology: Social structure in primates.
Paper III. Toxicology, Histology, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
Toxicology
Introduction and brief history of toxicology: General principles of toxicology, Brief history, Environmental toxicology (kinds and sources of toxic agents- animal toxins, plant toxins, pesticides, metals and food additives). Metabolism of toxic substances.
Dose response relationship: Frequency and cumulative responses, determination of TLm values, margin of safety, threshold limits.
Analytical toxicology: Toxic response of blood, organ function tests, teratogenic, reproductive and carcinogenic tests.
Histology
Histology: Structure of epithelium, connective tissue, cartilage, bone, smooth, striped and cardiac muscles, and nervous tissue as studied under light microscope.
Histological structure of gonads, liver, lung, pancreas and kidney in mammals.
Bioinformatics
Elementary knowledge of computer: Organisation of computer, input and output devices, elementary idea of software, hardware and programming languages.
Use of computers in biological sciences: Sequence, structure and strain databases and their use.
Biostatistics
Biostatics as a tool in research, Data collection- Random and non-random sampling, data tabulation and data presentation (Graph, Histogram, Scatter diagram), Concept of mean, mode, median and of standard deviation and standard error.
Syllabus of Zoology for B.Sc. III Year, Zoology Syllabus for UG Course in Kumaun University, Syllabus of Zoology BSc. first year.
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