Bio-Statistics
A
sound knowledge of Statistical techniques is necessary for the study of Life
Sciences. In view of this, Statistics is now being taught as a compulsory
subject to all the students of Biological Sciences. The present course is
designed to meet the requirement of the students of Zoology, and will help to
understand the methods to analyse data pertaining to their research and to
assess the significance of their experimental designs. The basic aim of this
course is to expose various techniques of Biostatistics in a simple, lucid and
logical way to analyse data for practical and research.
Developmental Biology
1. Spermatogenesis
2. Oogenesis
3. Fertilization; Recognition of sperm and egg, Fusion of gametes, Activation of egg metabolism, Rearrangement of egg cytoplasm
4. Cleavage; Patterns of embryonic cleavage, Mechanism of cleavage
5. Gastrulation; gastrulation in amphibians, birds and mammals, Fate maps,
6. Early Vertebrate Development: Neurulation, ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.
7. Cellular Basis of Morphogenesis: Differential cell affinity, cell adhesion molecules.
8. Mechanism of Cellular Differentiation; RNA processing, translational regulation of developmental process, cell-fate by progressive determinants, autonomous cell specification by cytoplasmic determinants, establishment of body axes and mechanism of teratogenesis; Secondary Induction.
9. Organogenesis: A brief account; Origin and migration of germ cells in vertebrates.
10. Factors controlling growth and oncogenesis
11. Hormones as mediators of development; Regeneration in vertebrates.
