Assam University BSC Zoology Syllabus Honours 6th sem (paper-I)

Assam University BSC Zoology Syllabus Honours 6th sem (paper-I)

6th Semester 

Paper ZOOH -601 (THEORY) 

(Physiology & Bioinformatics) 

Full Marks : 35 

Pass Marks: 12 

Unit - I 

Stress Physiology 

i) Basic concept of environmental stress and strain.
ii) Nervous control of stress physiology; Role of adrenal in resisting stress.
iii) Concept of homeostasis, Endothermy and physiological mechanism of regulation of body temperature.

Unit - II 

Adaptive Physiology I 

I) Adaptation, acclimation and acclimatization.
ii) Physiological adaptation to osmotic and ionic stress; mechanism of cell volume regulation.

Unit - III

Adaptive Physiology II 

I) Osmoregulation in freshwater, marine and terrestrial environments.
ii) Bioelectrogenesis in fishes.
iii) Bioluminescene in animals and its chemistry.

Unit -IV 

Bioinformatics I 

i) Historica perspective on computer and their application to biology.
ii) Operating System (WINDOWS)

Unit - V 

Bioinformatics 11 

i) Biological database.
i) Human genome project - basic ideas.

Dstributon of Marks :- 

Unit-I - 7
Unit-Il - 7
Unit-Ill - 7
IJnit-IV - 7
Unit-V - 7
TOTAL - 35

Paper II
Paper III
Practical