Assam University BSC Zoology Syllabus Honours 3rd sem (paper-III)

Assam University BSC Zoology Syllabus Honours 3rd sem (paper-III)

Paper ZOOH - 303 (THEORY) 

(Cell Biology, Genetics & Space Biology) 

Full Marks: 35 

Pass Marks: 12 

Unit - I 

Cell Biology I 

i) Diversity of cell size and shape, Cell theory, Structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; Cell cycle.
ii) Cell organelles with reference to Golgi body, Mitochondria, Lysosome, Endoplasmic reticulum & Ribosome.

Unit - II 

Cell Biology II 

i) Membrane transport.
ii) Cell reproduction.
iii) An elementary idea of cancer.

Unit - III

Genetics I 

I) Mendelian inheritance patterns and laws of heredity.
ii) Co-and incomplete dominance. Varieties of gene expression - multiple alleles, geneinteractions and epistasis.
iii) Linkage and crossing over.

Unit -IV 

Genetics II 

i) Different types of sex-determination and sex-linked inheritance.
ii) Gene and Chromosomal Mutations.

Unit - V 

Space Biology 

i) Introduction of space Biology - Exobiology.
ii) Ascent through the air ocean - effects of reduced atmosphere pressure, problem of oxygen tension, oxygen equipment, pressure suit, temperature, problems of gas expansion.
iii) Escape from the earth’s gravity - weightlessness, radiation in space, heat wave, ultraviolet radiations & cosmic radiations.

Distribution of Marks :- 

• Unit-I - 7 
• Unit-Il - 7 
• Unt-llI - 7 
• Unit-IV - 7 
• Unit-V - 7 
• TOTAL - 35

Paper I
Paper II