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MDUCEE Syllabus :

(A) Life Sciences
SYLLABUS FOR COMMON ENTRANCE EXAM FOR M.SC. LIFE SCIENCE COURSES

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DIVERSITY OF MICROBES : ( marks 4)
Bacteria: Structure, nutrition, reproduction and economic importance, Cyanobacteria: General characters; lifehistory of Nostoc.

Algae: General characters, classification (upto classes) and economic importance; General account of algal blooms, Important features and life-history (excluding development) of Volvox, Oedogonium (Chlorophyceae), Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae), Ectocarpus (Phaeophyceae) and Polysiphonia (Rhodophyceae).

Viruses: General account of Viruses including structure of TMV and Bacteriophages Fungi: General characters, classification (upto classes) and economic importance; General account of Lichens, Important features and life-history of Phytophthora (Mastigomycotina), Mucor (Zygomycotina), Penicillium (Ascomycotina), Puccinia, Agaricus (Basidiomycotina), Colletotrichum (Deuteromycotina).

CELL BIOLOGY (marks -6)
The Cell Envelopes: Structure and functions of Cell Wall, Plasma Membrane: Fluid mosaic model, various modes of transport across the membrane, mechanism of active and passive transport, endocytosis and exocytosis. Ultrastructure of different cell organelles of animal and plant cells.

Endoplasmic Reticulum: types, role of ER in protein synthesis and transportation in animal cell. Golgi complex: Structure, Associated enzymes and role of golgi-complex in animal cell. Ribosomes: Types, biogenesis and role in protein synthesis.
Lysosomes: Structure, enzyme and their role; polymorphism, Peroxisomes and Vacuoles

Mitochondria: Mitochondrial DNA; as semiautonomous body, biogenesis, mitochondrial enzymes (only names), role of mitochondria, Cytoskeleton: Microtubules, microfilaments, centriole and basal body. Cilia and Flagella Ultra-structure and function of Chloroplast, Nucleus and Nucleolus, Chromosome: Morphology, ultrastructure – kinetochore, centromere and telomere fine structure of chromosomes, nucleosome concept and role of histones, Euchromatin and heterochromatin, lampbrush chromosomes and polytene chromosomes.

Cell Cycle: General account
Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis – Stages and Significance

Chromosomal aberrations: Structural and Numerical – deletions, duplications, translocations, inversions, aneuploidy, polyploidy, Sex chromosomes and Sex determination in Plants Brief account of causes of cancer. An elementary idea of cellular basis of Immunity.

DIVERSITY OF ARCHEGONIATES : (marks-5)
Bryophyta- General characters, classification (upto classes), alternation of generations, evolution of sporophytes and economic importance, Structure and reproduction (excluding development) of Marchantia (Hepaticopsida), Anthoceros (Anthocerotopsida) and Funaria (Bryopsida).

Pteridophyta-General characters, classification (upto classes), alternation of generations, heterospory, apospory, apogamy and economic importance; General account of stellar evolution, Structure and reproduction (excluding development) of Rhynia (Psilopsida), Selaginella (Lycopsida), Equisetum (Sphenopsida) and Pteris (Pteropsida)

GENETICS : (marks-10)
Elements of Heredity and variations.
Genetic Inheritance: Mendelism: Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment; Gene interactions: Allelic and non-allelic interactions
Linkage and recombination: Coupling and repulsion hypothesis, crossing-over and chiasma formation; gene mapping.

Sex determination and its mechanism: male and female heterozygous systems, genetic balance system; role of Y -chromosome, male haploidy, cytoplasmic and environmental factors, role of hormones in sex determination.

Sex linked inheritance: Haemophilia and colour blindness in man, eye colour in Drosophila, Non-disjunction of sex-chromosome in Drosophila; Sex-linked and sex influenced inheritance.

Extra chromosomal and cytoplasmic inheritance: Kappa particles in Paramecium, Shell coiling in snails and Milk factor in mice, Presence and function of Mitochondrial and Plastid DNA; Plasmids.

Multiple allelism: Eye colour in Drosophila; A, B, O blood groups in man.
Genetic Material: Nature and function of genetic material; Structure and type of nucleic acids; DNA – the genetic material, DNA structure and replication, DNA-Protein interaction, The Nucleosome Model, Genetic Code, Satellite and Repetitive DNA. Protein synthesis

Genetic Variations: Mutations – spontaneous and induced; transposable genetic elements; gene mutations; chemical basis of mutations; transition, transversion, structural chromosomal aberrations (deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation); Numerical aberrations (autoploidy, euploidy and polyploidy in animals) DNA damage and repair.

Gene Expression: Modern concept of gene; RNA; Ribosomes; Transfer of genetic information – transcription and translation; Structure of proteins; Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Human genetics: Human karyotype, Chromosomal abnormalities involving autosomes and sex chromosomes, monozygotic and dizygotic twins.
Inborn errors of metabolism (Alcaptonuria, Phenylketonuria, Albinism, sickle-cell anaemia).

Applied genetics: Eugenics, euthenics and euphenics; genetic counseling, pre-natal diagnostics, DNA-finger printing, transgenic animals