Biology 12 Biology 12
UNIT I: REPRODUCTION
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Human Reproduction
- Embryo development upto blastocyst formation
- Parturition Lactation (Elementary idea)
- Reproductive Health
- Need for reproductive health and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
- Birth control-Need and Methods, Contraception and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)
- Amniocentesis
- Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies — IV F, ZIFT, GIFT (Elementary idea for general awareness)
UNIT II: GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
- Principles of Inheritance and Variation
- Deviations from Mendelism
- Mendelian disorders in humans
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Evolution
- Modern Synthetic theory of Evolution
UNIT III: BIOLOGY AND HUMAN WELFARE
- Human Health and Diseases
- Dengue, chikungunya
- Antibiotics
- Production and judicious use
UNIT IV: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
- Biotechnology - Principles and Processes
- Biotechnology and its Application
UNIT V: ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Organisms and Populations
- Organisms and environment
- Population interactions mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism
- Population attributes-growth, birth rate and death rate, age distribution
- Ecosystem
- Ecosystem: Patterns, components
- Productivity and decomposition
- Energy flow
- Pyramids of number, biomass, energy