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Explain the processes involved in bioconversion of agricultural waste in to useful products.
Explain the stages of micropropagation. Which is most critical stage? Explain the reason?
What is Proteomics? Explain the strategies of Proteomics and describe them. Write the applications of proteomics and explain them. Mention suitable examples.
What is the scope of molecular immunology? State the applications of molecular immunology. What is autoimmunity? How is it developed?
Write a detail notes on the following: Bioinformatics business models and Role of bioinformatics in drug designing.
What is bioinformatics? Explain the concept of bioinformatics. Mention the tools of bioinformatics and enlist its applications.
What do you mean by metabolic flux analysis? Mention, with appropriate example, its significance.
What are the main criteria which are used in the categorization of bacteria? Describe the salient features of numerical taxonomy.
Describe the mechanism of nerve impulse transmission in animals. Write an essay on physiology of muscle contraction.
Explain what an oxygen debt is and how it is caused.
Which of the following diseases can be prevented by inoculation? rubella, syphilis, tuberculosis, polio, gonorrhoea, common cold, measles, haemophilia, mumps.
Give two examples of diseases which can be spread by contaminated drinking water. How can the spread of such diseases be prevented?
What is the distinction between ‘breathing’ and ‘respiration’? What part do ‘ventilation’ and ‘gaseous exchange’ play in these processes?
State the ways in which (a) all plant cells, (b) some plant cells differ from animal cells.
Name one biotechnological process which makes use of protozoa. From what type of organisms are antibiotics obtained?
State two ways in which protozoa differ from bacteria. Which body cells are attacked by the malarial parasite?
Name three diseases caused by viruses. By what method may virus diseases be prevented?
What kind of food is most likely to contain Salmonella bacteria? What illness is caused by Salmonella typhimurium?
What is meant by the expression ‘infant mortality’? What is meant by a ‘fertility rate of 3’?
Give two examples of artificial ecosystems. What two biotic factors could affect an antelope living in the Serengeti?
In what ways can we try to protect a species from extinction? Apart from conserving individual plants and animals, what else needs to be conserved.
In what way do chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) cause global problems? Which part of the carbon cycle is responsible for the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
What are the principal sources of excessive nitrate and phosphate in rivers and lakes?
What processes remove nitrates from the soil? In what ways do farmers try to improve the quality of (i) their soil, (ii) their crop plants?
What characteristics might a breeder select for in a cereal crop, a farm animal?