CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship REVISED SYLLABUS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2008 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES PAPER I AND PAPER II Unit 10. ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES A. The Environment: Physical environment; biotic environment; biotic and abiotic interactions. B. Habitat and niche: Concept of habitat and niche; niche width and overlap; fundamental [...]

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship REVISED SYLLABUS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2008 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES PAPER I AND PAPER II Unit 9. DIVERSITY OF LIFE FORMS A. Principles and methods of taxonomy:Concepts of species and hierarchical taxa, biological nomenclature, classical and quantititative methods of taxonomy of plants, animals and [...]

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship REVISED SYLLABUS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2008 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES PAPER I AND PAPER II Unit 8. INHERITANCE BIOLOGY A. Mendelian principles: Dominance, segregation, independent assortment, deviation from Mendelian inheritance. B. Concept of gene: Allele, multiple alleles, pseudoallele, complementation tests. C. Extensions of Mendelian [...]

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship REVISED SYLLABUS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2008 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES PAPER I AND PAPER II Unit 7. SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY – ANIMAL A. Blood and circulation: Blood corpuscles, haemopoiesis and formed elements, plasma function, blood volume, blood volume regulation, blood groups, haemoglobin, immunity, haemostasis. B. [...]

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship REVISED SYLLABUS & SCHEME OF EXAMINATION EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2008 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES PAPER I AND PAPER II Unit 6. SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY – PLANT A. Photosynthesis: Light harvesting complexes; mechanisms of electron transport; photoprotective mechanisms; CO2 fixation-C3, C4 and CAM pathways. B. Respiration [...]

CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship REVISED SYLLABUS & SCHEME OF EXAMINATION EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2008 EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR PAPER – I (PART A) This part is common to all the candidates appearing for NET. There will be 40 objective type questions in Part ‘A’ of Paper I. Candidates are required [...]