D Y Patil AIET M.Tech. 2012: Life Sciences & Microbiology Syllabus

All India Entrance Test (AIET) 2012 is conducted by Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil University for students seeking admission to B.Tech. Biotechnology, B.Tech. Bioinformatics, B.Tech. Biomedical Engineering, M.Tech. Integrated (Biotechnology), M.Tech. Biotechnology, M.Tech. Bioinformatics, M.Tech. Pharmacoinformatics, M.Sc. Genetic Engineering, M.Sc. Biotechnology, M.Sc. Bioinformatics and M.Sc. Environmental Biotechnology. 

Life Sciences Syllabus for D Y Patil AIET M.Tech. 2012

To crack D Y Patil AIET M.Tech. 2012, you should cover following topics of Life Sciences:

• Anatomy:  Roots, stem and  leaves  of  land  plants,  meristems, vascular  system, their  ontogeny,  structure  and functions.
• Plant cell structure, organization organelles, cytoskeleton, cell wall and membranes.
• Development: cell  cy cle,  cell  division,  senescence,  hormonal regulation  of  growth; life  cycle  of  angiosperm, pollination,  fertilization,  embryogenesis,  seed  formation,  seed  storage  proteins,  seed  dormancy  and germination.
• Concept  of  cellular  totipotency,  organogenesis  and  somatic  embryogenesis,  somaclonal  variation,  embryo culture in vitro fertilization.
• Physiology and Biochemistry: Plant water relations, transport of minerals and solutes, N2 metabolism, proteins and  nucleic  acid,  respiration,  photophysiology, photosynthesis,  photorespiration;  biosynthesis,  Mechanism  of action and physiological effect of plant growth regulators.
• Genetics:  Principles  of  Mendelian  inheritance,  linkage,  recombination  and  genetic  mapping;      extra chromosomal   inheritance;   eukaryotic    genome organization (chromatin structure)  and regulation of gene expression, gene mutation,  chromosome  aberrations  (numerical and structural), transposons.  Plant  breeding: principles,  methods-  selection,  hybridization,  heterosis;  male  sterility,  self  and  inter-  specific  incompatibility; haploidy; somatic cell hybridization; molecular marker assisted selection; gene transfer methods viz direct and vector-mediated, transgenic plants and their applications in agriculture.
• Economic  Botany:  Economically  important  plants-  cereals,  pulses,  plants  yielding  fiber,  timber,  sugar, beverages, oils, rubber, dyes, gums, drugs and narcotics a general account.
• Systematics:  Systems  of  classification  (non-phylogenetic  vs.  phylogenetic-  outline).  Plant  groups,  molecular systematics.
• Plant  Pathology:  Nature  and  classification  of  plant  diseases,  diseases  of  important  crops  caused  by  fungi, bacteria and viruses and their control measures mechanism(s) of pathogenesis and resistance.
• Ecology and  Plant geography:  ecosystems types,  dynamics,  degradation,  ecological  succession;  food  chains; vegetation types of the world; pollution and global warming; speciation and extinction, conservation strategies.
• Animal  world:  Animal  diversity,  distribution,  systematic  and  classification  of  animals,  the  phylogenetic relationship.
• Evolution: Origin of life, history of life on earth, evolutionary theories; natural selection, adaptation, speciation.
• Genetics: Principles of Inheritance, molecular basis  of  heredity, the  genetic material, transmission of genetic material, mutations, cytoplasmic inheritance.
• Cell  biology:  Structure  of  cell,  cellular  organelles  and  their  structure  and  function,  cell  cycle,  cell  division, cellular differentiation, chromosome and chromatin structure. Eukaryotic gene organization and expression.
• Animal A natomy and Physiology: Comparative physiology, the respiratory system, circulatory system, digestive system, the nervous system, the excretory system, the endocrine system, the reproductive system, the skeletal system, osmoregulation.
• Parasitology  and Immunology:  Nature of  parasite, host-parasite relation,  protozoan and helminthic  parasites, the immune response, cellular and humoral immune response, evolution of the immune system.
• Development   Biology:   Embryonic   development,    cellular differentiation, organogenesis, metamorphosis, genetic basis of development.
• Ecology:  the  ecosystem,  habitats  the  food  chain,  population  dynamics,  species  diversity,  zoogeography, biogeochemical cycles, conversation biology.
• Animal  Behaviour:  Types  of  behaviours,  courtship,  mating  and  territoriality,  instinct,  learning  and  memory, social behaviour across the animal taxa, communication, pheromones, evolution of animal behaviour.

Microbiology Syllabus for D Y Patil AIET M.Tech. 2012

To crack D Y Patil AIET M.Tech. 2012, you should cover following topics of Microbiology:

• Historical  perspective-  Discovery  of  the  microbial  world;  Controversy  over  spontaneous  generation;  Role  of microorganisms in transformation of organic matter and in the causation of diseases
• Methods  in microbiology- Pure culture techniques;  theory and practice of sterilization; Principles of microbial nutrition:  Construction  of  culture  media;  Enrichment  culture  techniques  for  isolation  of  chemoautotrophs, chemoheterotrophs and photosynthetic microorganisms.
• Microbial evolution- Systematics and taxonomy- Evolution of earth and earliest  life forms; Primitive organisms and their metabolic strategies; new Approaches to bacterial taxonomic classification.
• Microbial Diversity- Bacteria archea and their broad classification; Eukaryotic microbes, yeast, fungi, slime mold and protozoa; Viruses and their classification.
• Microbial growth- the definition of growth, mathematical expression of growth, growth curve, measurement of growth and growth yields; Synchronous growth; Continuous culture.
• Nutrition  and  metabolism  -  Overview  of  metabolism;  microbial  nutrition;  Energy  classes  of  microorganism;
• Culture media; Energetics, modes  of ATP generation by heterotrophs;  Fermentation;  Glycolysis; Respiration;
• The citric acid cycle; Electron transport systems; Alternate mode of energy generation; Pathways (anabolism) in the biosynthesis of amino acids, purines, pyrimidines and fatty acids.
• Metabolic diversity among microorganisms Photosynthesis in microorganisms; Role of chlorophylls, carotenoids and phycobilins; calvin cycle; Chemolithotrophy; Hydrogen- iron- nitrite- oxidizing bacteria; Nitrate and sulphate reduction; methanogenesis and acetogenesis.
• Prokaryotic  cells:  structure  function-  Cells  walls  of  eubacteria  (peptidoglycan)  and related  molecules;  Outer- membrane  of  gram-  negative  bacteria;  Cell  wall  and  cell  membrane  synthesis;  Flagella  and  motility;  Cell inclusions like endospores, gas vehicles
• Microbial diseases an host parasite relationships- Normal microflora of skin; Oral cavity; Gastrointestinal tract;
• Entry of pathogens into the host; Infectious disease transmission; Respiratory infections caused by bacteria and viruses;  Tuberculosis;  Sexually transmitted disease including AIDS; Diseases  transmitted by animals (Rabies, plague), insects and tics (rikettsias, lyme disease, malaria); Food and water borne diseases; Public health and water quality; Pathogenic fungi; Emerging and resurgent infectious diseases.
• Chemotheraphy/ Antibiotics- Antimicrobial agents; Sulfa drugs; Antibiotics: Pencilins and cephalosporins; Broad- spectrum  antibiotics;  Antibiotics  from  prokaryotes;  Antifungal  antibiotics;  Mode  of  action;  Resistance  to antibiotics,
• Microbial genetics-  Gene mutation  and  mutagenesis- UV and chemical  mutagnes;  Types  of mutations;  Ames test  for  mutagenesis;  Methods  of  genetic  analysis.  Bacterial  genetic  system-  Transformation;  Conjugation;
• Transduction; Recombination; Plasmids and Transposons; Bacterial genetic map with reference to E.coli Viruses and  their genetic system- Phage- lambada  and its  life cycle; RNA phages;  RNA viruses; retroviruses; Genetic systems of yeast and neurospora; Extrachromosomal inheritance and mitochondrial genetics; basic concept of genomics.

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