Week 7: Meiosis, Cell cycle, Introduction of genetics
Course Material
- Week 1: Structure and Function of Bio-molecules Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins
- Week 2: Structure and Function of nucleic acid, Cell theory, Cell types (prokaryotes)
- Week 3: cell types (eukaryotes), Basic properties of cell, Brief description of structure and function of cell wall
- Week 4: Brief description of structure and function of cell membrane, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, plastids
- Week 5: Brief description of structure and function of mitochondria, ribosomes, vacuoles
- Week 6: Reproduction in somatic cell, Reproduction in embryonic cell, Mitosis
- Week 7: Meiosis, Cell cycle, Introduction of genetics
- Week 8: Scope of genetics, Brief history of genetics, Mendelian inheritance; Law of segregation
- Week 9: MID TERM EXAMINATION
- Week 10: Law of independent assortment, Back cross, test cross
- Week 11: Dominance, Incomplete dominance, Molecular genetics
- Week 12: DNA replication, Nature of gene, Genetic code
- Week 13: Transcription, Translation, Protein synthesis
- Week 14: Regulation of gene expression, Lac operon, Chromosomal aberrations
- Week 15: Changes in the number of chromosomes, Aneuploidy, Euploidy
- Week 16: Changes in the structure of chromosomes, Deficiency in chromosomes, Duplication in chromosomes, Inversion, Transversion, translocation
- week 17: Evolution: Introduction and theories
- Week 18: FINAL TERM EXAMINATION
- Chapters 18
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