| 3rd September 2012 10:48 AM | |
| Arvind Kumar | Re: UGC Zoology Syllabus I have listed here complete syllabus for UGC Zoology. UNIT - I : ZOOLOGY, THE BASICS: i) Nature and Scope of Zoology ii) Relation between Zoology and Other Sciences iii) Basic principles of classification a) Need for classification b) Five Kingdom classification, viz., Monera, Protista, Plantae, fungi and Animalia. c) Concept of species - levels of classification - Binomial nomenclature d) Kingdom Protista - Prokaryotic and Lukaryotic unicellular organisms. UNIT - II : GENERAL CHARACTERS AND CLASSIFICATION OF INVERTEBRATE PHYLA UPTO THE LEVEL OF CLASSES WITH EXAMPLES i) Phylum : Protozoa ii) Phylum : Porifera iii) Phylum : Coelenterata (Cnidaria) iv) Phylum : Platyhelminthes v) Phylum : Nemathelminthes vi) Phylum : Annelida vii) Phylum : Arthropoda viii) Phylum : Mollusca ix) Phylum : Echinodermata UNIT - III : ANIMAL ORGANISATION: i) Symmetry - Types and characteristic features of each symmetry, giving an example for each type from the representative Phyla - Asymmetry, Radial Symmetry, Biradial symmetry and Bilateral symmetry ii) Coelom: a) Formation of coelom b) Schizocoelic and Enterocoelic coelom c) Definition of Acoelom, Pseudo-coelom & Coelom - Examples from major Phyla. iii) Animal tissues UNIT - IV : LOCOMOTION AND REPRODUCTION IN PROTOZOA: i) Types and Structure of locomotary organelles - Pseudopodia, Cilia & flagellae giving examples. ii) Amoeboid movement (Pseudopodial movement) - Sol-gel theory only iii) Ciliary and flagellar movements - Synchronal and Metachronal movements (eg. Paramoecium) Effective stroke and recovery stroke (eg. Euglena) iv) Types of Reproduction: a) Encystment (eg. Amoeba and Euglena) - Process and its significance (Dissemination and Multiplication). b) Asexual reproduction - Binary Fission - (types, transverse and longitudinal). c) Sexual reproduction - conjugation as exemplified by vorticella - its significance |
| 1st September 2012 02:07 PM | |
| mukeshnizar. | UGC Zoology Syllabus Hii I want to know about the UGC Zoology syllabus . Can you provide me the syllabus of the UGC Zoology ? |
