CLASS 11 (19 chapters) Ch 1: The Living World (13 chunks, 8 sections) 1.0 - Introduction to Diversity in the Living World 1.0 - Ernst Mayr Biography 1.1 - Diversity in the Living World 1.2 - Taxonomic Categories 1.2.1 - Species 1.2.2 - Genus 1.2.4 - Order, Class, and Phylum 1.2.7 - Kingdom Ch 2: Biological Classification (15 chunks, 15 sections) 2.0 - Introduction to Biological Classification 2.0 - Development of the Five Kingdom System 2.0 - Rationalization of Kingdom Classification 2.1 - Kingdom Monera 2.1.1 - Archaebacteria and Eubacteria 2.1.2 - Metabolic Diversity and Reproduction in Monera 2.2 - Kingdom Protista 2.2.2 - Dinoflagellates, Euglenoids, and Slime Moulds 2.2.5 - Protozoans 2.3 - Kingdom Fungi 2.3 - Fungal Life Cycle and Classification Basis 2.3.1 - Classes of Fungi 2.4 - Kingdoms Plantae and Animalia 2.6 - Viruses, Viroids, and Prions 2.6 - Viroids, Prions, and Lichens Ch 3: Plant Kingdom (15 chunks, 15 sections) 3.0 - Introduction to Plant Classification 3.0 - Modern Taxonomic Approaches 3.1 - Algae Characteristics and Reproduction 3.1 - Economic Importance of Algae 3.1.1 - Chlorophyceae (Green Algae) 3.1.2 - Phaeophyceae (Brown Algae) 3.1.3 - Rhodophyceae (Red Algae) 3.2 - Bryophytes Overview and Life Cycle 3.2 - Economic and Ecological Importance of Bryophytes 3.2.1 - Liverworts and Mosses 3.3 - Pteridophytes: Vascular Non-Seeded Plants 3.3 - Pteridophyte Reproduction and Classification 3.4 - Gymnosperms Characteristics 3.4 - Gymnosperm Reproduction 3.5 - Angiosperms: Flowering Plants Ch 4: Animal Kingdom (19 chunks, 19 sections) 4.1 - Basis of Classification and Levels of Organisation 4.1.1 - Organ Systems and Body Symmetry 4.1.3 - Germinal Layers and Coelom 4.1.5 - Segmentation and Notochord 4.2.1 - Phylum – Porifera 4.2.2 - Phylum – Coelenterata (Cnidaria) 4.2.3 - Phyla – Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes 4.2.5 - Phyla – Aschelminthes and Annelida 4.2.7 - Phylum – Arthropoda 4.2.8 - Phylum – Mollusca 4.2.9 - Phyla – Echinodermata and Hemichordata 4.2.11 - Phylum – Chordata and Subphyla 4.2.11.1 - Class – Cyclostomata 4.2.11.2 - Class – Chondrichthyes 4.2.11.3 - Class – Osteichthyes 4.2.11.4 - Class – Amphibia 4.2.11.5 - Class – Reptilia 4.2.11.6 - Class – Aves 4.2.11.7 - Class – Mammalia Ch 5: Morphology of Flowering Plants (13 chunks, 13 sections) 5.0 - Introduction to Plant Morphology 5.1 - The Root System 5.1.1 - Regions of the Root 5.2 - The Stem 5.3 - The Leaf Structure and Venation 5.3.2 - Types of Leaves and Phyllotaxy 5.4 - The Inflorescence 5.5 - The Flower Structure and Symmetry 5.5 - Floral Parts Positioning and Aestivation 5.5.1.3 - Androecium and Gynoecium 5.6 - The Fruit 5.7 - Seed Structure 5.9 - Family Solanaceae Ch 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants (8 chunks, 8 sections) 6.0 - Introduction to Plant Anatomy 6.1 - The Tissue System and Epidermal Tissue 6.1.1 - Stomatal Apparatus and Epidermal Appendages 6.1.2 - Ground and Vascular Tissue Systems 6.2.1 - Anatomy of Dicotyledonous Root 6.2.2 - Monocot Root and Dicot Stem Anatomy 6.2.3 - Vascular Arrangement in Stems 6.2.5 - Anatomy of Dorsiventral and Isobilateral Leaves Ch 7: Structural Organisation in Animals (6 chunks, 6 sections) 7.1 - Organ and Organ System 7.2 - Frogs: Habitat and Morphology 7.2.1 - Frog Morphology and Digestive Anatomy 7.2.2 - Frog Respiratory and Vascular Systems 7.2.2 - Frog Excretory and Coordination Systems 7.2.2 - Frog Reproductive Systems and Ecology Ch 8: Cell: The Unit of Life (16 chunks, 16 sections) 8.1 - What is a Cell? 8.2 - Cell Theory 8.3 - An Overview of Cell 8.3 - Cell Size and Shape 8.4 - Prokaryotic Cells 8.4.1 - Cell Envelope and its Modifications 8.4.2 - Surface Structures, Ribosomes, and Inclusion Bodies 8.5 - Eukaryotic Cells 8.5.1 - Cell Membrane and the Fluid Mosaic Model 8.5.2 - Cell Wall 8.5.3 - Endomembrane System 8.5.3.3 - Lysosomes and Vacuoles 8.5.4 - Mitochondria and Plastids 8.5.6 - Ribosomes, Cytoskeleton, Cilia, and Flagella 8.5.9 - Centrosome, Centrioles, and the Nucleus 8.5.10 - Chromosomes and Microbodies Ch 9: Biomolecules (24 chunks, 14 sections) 9.1 - How to Analyse Chemical Composition? 9.2 - Primary and Secondary Metabolites 9.3 - Biomacromolecules 9.4 - Proteins 9.5 - Polysaccharides 9.6 - Nucleic Acids 9.7 - Structure of Proteins 9.8 - Enzymes 9.8.1 - Chemical Reactions 9.8.2 - How do Enzymes bring about such High Rates of Chemical Conversions? 9.8.3 - Nature of Enzyme Action 9.8.4 - Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity 9.8.5 - Classification and Nomenclature of Enzymes 9.8.6 - Co-factors Ch 10: Cell Cycle and Cell Division (17 chunks, 17 sections) 10.0 - Introduction 10.1 - Cell Cycle 10.1.1 - Phases of Cell Cycle 10.1.1 - Interphase Detail 10.1.1 - G2 and Quiescent Stage 10.2 - M Phase 10.2.1 - Prophase and Metaphase 10.2.2 - Metaphase Plate and Anaphase 10.2.3 - Anaphase and Telophase 10.2.5 - Cytokinesis 10.3 - Significance of Mitosis 10.4 - Meiosis 10.4.1 - Meiosis I - Prophase I Stages 10.4.1 - Meiosis I - Crossing Over and Diplotene 10.4.1 - Meiosis I - Diakinesis to Telophase I 10.4.2 - Meiosis II 10.5 - Significance of Meiosis Ch 11: Photosynthesis in Higher Plants (14 chunks, 14 sections) 11.1 - What do we Know? 11.2 - Early Experiments 11.2 - Historical Development of Photosynthetic Equations 11.3 - Where does Photosynthesis take place? 11.4 - How many Types of Pigments are involved in Photosynthesis? 11.5 - What is Light Reaction? 11.6 - The Electron Transport 11.6.1 - Splitting of Water and Photophosphorylation 11.6.3 - Chemiosmotic Hypothesis 11.7 - Where are the ATP and NADPH Used? 11.7.2 - The Calvin Cycle 11.8 - The C4 Pathway 11.9 - Photorespiration 11.10 - Factors affecting Photosynthesis Ch 12: Respiration in Plants (14 chunks, 14 sections) 12.0 - Introduction to Cellular Respiration 12.0 - The Mechanism of Respiration 12.1 - Do Plants Breathe? 12.1 - Catabolism of Glucose 12.2 - Glycolysis 12.2 - Steps of Glycolysis 12.3 - Fermentation 12.4 - Aerobic Respiration 12.4.1 - Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle 12.4.2 - Electron Transport System (ETS) and Oxidative Phosphorylation 12.4.2 - ATP Synthesis and Chemiosmosis 12.5 - The Respiratory Balance Sheet 12.6 - Amphibolic Pathway 12.7 - Respiratory Quotient Ch 13: Plant Growth and Development (11 chunks, 11 sections) 13.0 - Introduction to Plant Development 13.1 - Characteristics of Plant Growth 13.1.2 - Measurability and Phases of Growth 13.1.4 - Growth Rates and the Sigmoid Curve 13.1.5 - Conditions for Growth 13.2 - Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation 13.3 - Development and Plasticity 13.4 - Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) 13.4.3 - Physiological Effects of Auxins and Gibberellins 13.4.3.3 - Physiological Effects of Cytokinins and Ethylene 13.4.3.5 - Abscisic Acid and Integrative Control Ch 14: Breathing and Exchange of Gases (8 chunks, 8 sections) 14.1 - Respiratory Organs 14.1.1 - Human Respiratory System 14.2 - Mechanism of Breathing 14.2.1 - Respiratory Volumes and Capacities 14.3 - Exchange of Gases 14.4 - Transport of Gases and Oxygen 14.4.2 - Transport of Carbon dioxide 14.5 - Regulation of Respiration and Disorders Ch 15: Body Fluids and Circulation (16 chunks, 16 sections) 15.1 - Blood and Plasma 15.1.2 - Formed Elements - Erythrocytes 15.1.2 - Formed Elements - Leucocytes and Platelets 15.1.3 - Blood Groups - ABO System 15.1.3.2 - Rh Grouping and Incompatibility 15.1.4 - Coagulation of Blood 15.2 - Lymph and Circulatory Pathways 15.3 - Vertebrate Heart Evolution 15.3.1 - The Human Heart Structure 15.3.1 - Cardiac Musculature and Nodal Tissue 15.3.2 - The Cardiac Cycle 15.3.2 - Cardiac Output and Heart Sounds 15.3.3 - Electrocardiogram (ECG) 15.4 - Double Circulation 15.5 - Regulation of Cardiac Activity 15.6 - Disorders of the Circulatory System Ch 16: Excretory Products and their Elimination (22 chunks, 8 sections) 16.0 - Introduction 16.2 - Urine Formation 16.3 - Function of the Tubules 16.4 - Mechanism of Concentration of the Filtrate 16.5 - Regulation of Kidney Function 16.6 - Micturition 16.7 - Role of other Organs in Excretion 16.8 - Disorders of the Excretory System Ch 17: Locomotion and Movement (20 chunks, 6 sections) 17.0 - Introduction 17.1 - Types of Movement 17.2 - Muscle 17.3 - Skeletal System 17.4 - Joints 17.5 - Disorders of Muscular and Skeletal System Ch 18: Neural Control and Coordination (16 chunks, 10 sections) 18.0 - Introduction 18.1 - Neural System 18.2 - Human Neural System 18.3 - Neuron as Structural and Functional Unit of Neural System 18.3 - Generation and Conduction of Nerve Impulse 18.3 - Transmission of Impulses 18.4 - Central Neural System 18.4 - Forebrain 18.4 - Midbrain 18.4 - Hindbrain Ch 19: Chemical Coordination and Integration (21 chunks, 15 sections) 19.0 - Introduction 19.1 - Endocrine Glands and Hormones 19.2 - Human Endocrine System 19.2 - The Hypothalamus 19.2 - The Pituitary Gland 19.2 - The Pineal Gland 19.2 - Thyroid Gland 19.2 - Parathyroid Gland 19.2 - Thymus 19.2 - Adrenal Gland 19.2 - Pancreas 19.2 - Testis 19.2 - Ovary 19.3 - Hormones of Heart, Kidney and Gastrointestinal Tract 19.4 - Mechanism of Hormone Action CLASS 12 (13 chapters) Ch 0: Title and Front Matter (21 chunks, 9 sections) 0.0 - Title Page 0.0 - Copyright 0.0 - Publication Offices 0.0 - Foreword 0.0 - Rationalisation of Content 0.0 - Preface 0.0 - Textbook Development Committee 0.0 - Acknowledgements 0.0 - Table of Contents Ch 2: Human Reproduction (30 chunks, 7 sections) 2.1 - The Male Reproductive System 2.2 - The Female Reproductive System 2.3 - Gametogenesis 2.4 - Menstrual Cycle 2.5 - Fertilisation and Implantation 2.6 - Pregnancy and Embryonic Development 2.7 - Parturition and Lactation Ch 3: Reproductive Health (30 chunks, 6 sections) 3.0 - Introduction 3.1 - Reproductive Health - Problems and Strategies 3.2 - Population Stabilisation and Birth Control 3.3 - Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) 3.4 - Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) 3.5 - Infertility Ch 4: Principles of Inheritance and Variation (60 chunks, 20 sections) 4.0 - Introduction 4.1 - Mendel's Laws of Inheritance 4.2 - Inheritance of One Gene 4.2.1 - Law of Dominance 4.2.2 - Law of Segregation 4.2.2.1 - Incomplete Dominance 4.2.2.2 - Co-dominance 4.3 - Inheritance of Two Genes 4.3.1 - Law of Independent Assortment 4.3.2 - Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance 4.3.3 - Linkage and Recombination 4.4 - Polygenic Inheritance 4.5 - Pleiotropy 4.6 - Sex Determination 4.6.1 - Sex Determination in Humans 4.6.2 - Sex Determination in Honey Bee 4.7 - Mutation 4.8.1 - Pedigree Analysis 4.8.2 - Mendelian Disorders 4.8.3 - Chromosomal Disorders Ch 5: Molecular Basis of Inheritance (69 chunks, 25 sections) 5.0 - Introduction 5.1 - The DNA 5.1.1 - Structure of Polynucleotide Chain 5.1.2 - Packaging of DNA Helix 5.2 - The Search for Genetic Material 5.2.1 - The Genetic Material is DNA 5.2.2 - Properties of Genetic Material (DNA versus RNA) 5.3 - RNA World 5.4 - Replication 5.4.1 - The Experimental Proof 5.4.2 - The Machinery and the Enzymes 5.5 - Transcription 5.5.1 - Transcription Unit 5.5.2 - Transcription Unit and the Gene 5.5.3 - Types of RNA and the process of Transcription 5.6 - Genetic Code 5.6.1 - Mutations and Genetic Code 5.6.2 - tRNA- the Adapter Molecule 5.7 - Translation 5.8 - Regulation of Gene Expression 5.8.1 - The Lac operon 5.9 - Human Genome Project 5.9.1 - Salient Features of Human Genome 5.9.2 - Applications and Future Challenges 5.10 - DNA Fingerprinting Ch 6: Evolution (36 chunks, 10 sections) 6.0 - Introduction 6.1 - Origin of Life 6.2 - Evolution of Life Forms - A Theory 6.3 - What are the Evidences for Evolution? 6.4 - What is Adaptive Radiation? 6.5 - Biological Evolution 6.6 - Mechanism of Evolution 6.7 - Hardy-Weinberg Principle 6.8 - A Brief Account of Evolution 6.9 - Origin and Evolution of Man Ch 7: Human Health and Disease (55 chunks, 17 sections) 7.0 - Introduction 7.1 - Common Diseases in Humans 7.2 - Immunity 7.2.1 - Innate Immunity 7.2.2 - Acquired Immunity 7.2.3 - Active and Passive Immunity 7.2.4 - Vaccination and Immunisation 7.2.5 - Allergies 7.2.6 - Auto Immunity 7.2.7 - Immune System in the Body 7.3 - AIDS 7.4 - Cancer 7.5 - Drugs and Alcohol Abuse 7.5.1 - Adolescence and Drug/Alcohol Abuse 7.5.2 - Addiction and Dependence 7.5.3 - Effects of Drug/Alcohol Abuse 7.5.4 - Prevention and Control Ch 8: Microbes in Human Welfare (23 chunks, 10 sections) 8.0 - Introduction 8.1 - Microbes in Household Products 8.2 - Microbes in Industrial Products 8.2.1 - Fermented Beverages 8.2.2 - Antibiotics 8.2.3 - Chemicals, Enzymes and other Bioactive Molecules 8.3 - Microbes in Sewage Treatment 8.4 - Microbes in Production of Biogas 8.5 - Microbes as Biocontrol Agents 8.6 - Microbes as Biofertilisers Ch 9: Biotechnology: Principles and Processes (29 chunks, 13 sections) 9.0 - Introduction 9.1 - Principles of Biotechnology 9.2 - Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology 9.2.1 - Restriction Enzymes 9.2.2 - Cloning Vectors 9.2.3 - Competent Host (For Transformation with Recombinant DNA) 9.3 - Processes of Recombinant DNA Technology 9.3.1 - Isolation of the Genetic Material (DNA) 9.3.2 - Cutting of DNA at Specific Locations 9.3.3 - Amplification of Gene of Interest using PCR 9.3.4 - Insertion of Recombinant DNA into the Host Cell/Organism 9.3.5 - Obtaining the Foreign Gene Product 9.3.6 - Downstream Processing Ch 10: Biotechnology and Its Applications (27 chunks, 8 sections) 10.0 - Introduction 10.1 - Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture 10.2 - Biotechnological Applications in Medicine 10.2.1 - Genetically Engineered Insulin 10.2.2 - Gene Therapy 10.2.3 - Molecular Diagnosis 10.3 - Transgenic Animals 10.4 - Ethical Issues Ch 11: Organisms and Populations (30 chunks, 6 sections) 11.0 - Introduction 11.1 - Populations 11.1.1 - Population Attributes 11.1.2 - Population Growth 11.1.3 - Life History Variation 11.1.4 - Population Interactions Ch 12: Ecosystem (14 chunks, 5 sections) 12.0 - Introduction 12.2 - Productivity 12.3 - Decomposition 12.4 - Energy Flow 12.5 - Ecological Pyramids Ch 13: Biodiversity and Conservation (19 chunks, 8 sections) 13.0 - Introduction 13.1 - Biodiversity 13.1.1 - How Many Species are there on Earth and How Many in India? 13.1.2 - Patterns of Biodiversity 13.1.3 - The importance of Species Diversity to the Ecosystem 13.1.4 - Loss of Biodiversity 13.2.1 - Why Should We Conserve Biodiversity? 13.2.2 - How do we conserve Biodiversity?