CSIR-Net life sciences sure success series : (useful for GATE, UGC-NET, SLET, CSIR and other competitive exams)

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 17, 2009). Preface ......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 General Introduction......Page 14 Cell Membrane......Page 17 Structural Organization of a Cell......Page 19 Cell Reproduction and Cell Division......Page 28 Cell Differentiation and Cell-Cell Interaction......Page 36 Cancer and Malignant Growth......Page 37 Types of Cancer......Page 38 Proto-Oncogenes and Tumor-Suppressor Genes......Page 39 Innate (or natural) immunity:......Page 40 Adaptive immunity......Page 41 Humoral and Cell Mediated Immune Response......Page 43 Vaccines......Page 44 Dosage Compensation......Page 47 Sex Determination......Page 48 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 50 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 61 II. Definition of pH and pOH......Page 74 V. Atoms......Page 75 VI. Molecules and Chemical bonding......Page 76 Bioenergetics......Page 78 Enzymes......Page 79 Enzyme Kinetics......Page 83 Control of Enzyme Activity......Page 84 Mechanisms of Action ......Page 86 Lipids......Page 87 Carbohydrates......Page 92 Sugars......Page 95 Glycolysis......Page 96 Amino Acids......Page 103 Protein Structure and Folding......Page 106 DNA Structure......Page 111 DNA Replication......Page 113 DNA Repair......Page 114 RNA Structure, Transcription and RNA Processing......Page 116 Protein Synthesis......Page 119 Metabolic Interrelationships ......Page 124 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 127 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 140 Response To Oxygen Stress......Page 153 Response to Cold Stress......Page 154 Transport Across Membranes......Page 155 1. Auxins......Page 157 2. Gibberellins......Page 158 3. Cytokinins......Page 160 5. Abscisic Acid......Page 161 Animal Hormones......Page 162 Summary of Endocrine Glands and Their Harmones ......Page 164 Reproduction......Page 170 Gametogenesis ......Page 172 Fertilization in Humans......Page 174 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 175 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 189 The Foundation of Genetics......Page 200 Mendel's Experiments and the Laws of Inheritance ......Page 201 Some Exceptions to Mendel's Laws ......Page 206 Alleles and their Interactions......Page 208 Gene Interactions......Page 210 Genes and Chromosomes......Page 212 Eukaryotic Chromosomes......Page 213 Gene Expression......Page 214 The Genetic Code......Page 216 Translation: RNA-Directed Polypeptide Synthesis......Page 218 Regulation of Gene Expression......Page 219 Sex Determination and Sex Linked Inheritance ......Page 222 Mutations: Heritable Changes in Genes......Page 225 Transposition......Page 229 Genetic Disorders......Page 233 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 236 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 250 Origin of Earth and Pre-Biotic Environment......Page 262 Major Episodes in The History of Life......Page 263 Prebiotic Chemical Evolution and the Origins of Life ......Page 264 Oxygenation of Earth......Page 268 The Geologic Time Scale and Evolutionary Record (dates in millions of years)......Page 269 The History of Evolutionary Theory ......Page 273 Evidences of Evolution......Page 274 Theories of Evolution......Page 278 Population Genetics......Page 283 Species Concept and Mechanisms of Speciation......Page 285 Polymorphism......Page 291 Molecular Evolution......Page 293 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 300 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 311 Major Components of Ecology......Page 322 Major Areas of Ecological Study......Page 324 Population Properties......Page 327 Demographics......Page 328 Survivorship Curves......Page 330 Life Histories......Page 332 Population Growth......Page 334 Population Limiting Factors......Page 338 Predation......Page 340 Competition between species......Page 344 Trophic Structure......Page 346 Ecological Succession......Page 347 Ecosystem......Page 349 Energy flow......Page 350 Productivity......Page 351 Chemical Cycles......Page 353 Behavioural Ecology......Page 355 Finding Food......Page 357 Fighting......Page 358 Finding Sex......Page 360 Cooperation......Page 361 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 364 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 376 Biodiversity......Page 388 Major Biodiversity Threats ......Page 389 Status of Biodiversity in India......Page 390 Biodiversity Hot Spots......Page 393 Conservation Strategics......Page 395 DNA Finger Printing......Page 398 Classification......Page 400 Phylogeny......Page 402 Biological Nomenclature......Page 404 Publishing Scientific Names......Page 407 Practice Test Paper-I......Page 411 Practice Test Paper-II......Page 422 Model Test Papers......Page 434 CSIR-NET Life Sciences DEC., 2003......Page 562 Answer Key ......Page 646 The present book, entitled, ""CSIR-NET Life Sciences Sure Success Series"" authored jointly by Professor B.L. Chaudhary, Dr. Kailash Choudhary and Mr. Arun Chaudhary is an attempt to provide recent literature for Paper-I Part B. The subject matter is up-to-date and gives an insight of the subject in detail. After going through the manuscript, the readers will be capable with a full potential to get success in the life sciences section. Each chapter is supplemented with two practice test papers.