Biology 12 Biology 12
UNIT I: REPRODUCTION
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Human Reproduction
- embryo development upto blastocyst formation
- Parturition (Elementary idea)
- 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
- Deviations from Mendelism
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Evolution
- Modern Synthetic theory of Evolution
UNIT III: BIOLOGY AND HUMAN WELFARE
- dengue, chikungunya
- Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
- Animal husbandry, Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein
- Antibiotics; production and judicious use
UNIT IV: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
UNIT V: ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Organisms and environment Population interactions mutualism, competition
- predation, parasitism; Population attributes-growth, birth rate and death rate, age distribution
- Ecosystem: Patterns, components; productivity and decomposition; Energy flow; Pyramids of number, biomass, energy
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