State Board (Odisha) Syllabus: Biology 12
UNIT I: 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
- Modern Synthetic theory of Evolution
UNIT III: BIOLOGY AND HUMAN WELFARE
- dengue, chikungunya
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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