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CHAPTER 12 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITSAPPLICATIONS
Read More: CHAPTER 12 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITSAPPLICATIONS12.1 BiotechnologicalApplications inAgriculture12.2 BiotechnologicalApplications inMedicine12.3 Transgenic Animals12.4 Ethical Issues Biotechnology, as you would have learnt from theprevious chapter, essentially deals with industrial scaleproduction of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals usinggenetically modified microbes, fungi, plants and animals.The applications of biotechnology include therapeutics,diagnostics, genetically modified crops for agriculture,processed food, bioremediation, waste treatment, andenergy production. Three critical research areas ofbiotechnology…
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CHAPTER 11 BIOTECHNOLOGY : PRINCIPLESAND PROCESSES
Read More: CHAPTER 11 BIOTECHNOLOGY : PRINCIPLESAND PROCESSES11.1 Principles of Biotechnology11.2 Tools of Recombinant DNATechnology11.3 Processes of RecombinantDNA Technology Biotechnology deals with techniques of using liveorganisms or enzymes from organisms to produce productsand processes useful to humans. In this sense, makingcurd, bread or wine, which are all microbe-mediatedprocesses, could also be thought as a form ofbiotechnology. However, it is used in a…
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CHAPTER 10 MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE
Read More: CHAPTER 10 MICROBES IN HUMAN WELFARE10.1 Microbes in HouseholdProducts10.2 Microbes in IndustrialProducts10.3 Microbes in SewageTreatment10.4 Microbes in Production ofBiogas10.5 Microbes as BiocontrolAgents10.6 Microbes as Biofertilisers Besides macroscopic plants and animals, microbes arethe major components of biological systems on this earth.You have studied about the diversity of living organismsin Class XI. Do you remember which Kingdoms amongthe living organisms contain micro-organisms?…
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CHAPTER 9 STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCEMENTIN FOOD PRODUCTION
Read More: CHAPTER 9 STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCEMENTIN FOOD PRODUCTION9.1 Animal Husbandry9.2 Plant Breeding9.3 Single Cell Proteins9.4 Tissue Culture With ever -increasing population of the world,enhancement of food production is a major necessity.Biological principles as applied to animal husbandry andplant breeding have a major role in our efforts to increasefood production. Several new techniques like embryotransfer technology and tissue culture techniques are goingto play…
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CHAPTER 7 EVOLUTION
Read More: CHAPTER 7 EVOLUTION7.1 Origin of Life7.2 Evolution of Life Forms – ATheory7.3 What are the Evidencesfor Evolution?7.4 What is AdaptiveRadiation?7.5 Biological Evolution7.6 Mechanism of Evolution7.7 Hardy – WeinbergPrinciple7.8 A Brief Account ofEvolution7.9 Origin and Evolution ofMan Evolutionary Biology is the study of history of life formson earth. What exactly is evolution? To understand thechanges in flora and…
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CHAPTER 5 PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCEAND VARIATION
Read More: CHAPTER 5 PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCEAND VARIATION4.1 Mendel’s Laws ofInheritance4.2 Inheritance of One Gene4.3 Inheritance of Two Genes4.4 Sex Determination4.5 Mutation4.6 Genetic Disorders Have you ever wondered why an elephant always givesbirth only to a baby elephant and not some other animal?Or why a mango seed forms only a mango plant and notany other plant?Given that they do, are the offspring…
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CHAPTER 4 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Read More: CHAPTER 4 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH3.1 Reproductive Health –Problems and Strategies3.2 Population Explosion andBirth Control3.3 Medical Termination ofPregnancy3.4 Sexually TransmittedDiseases3.5 Infertility You have learnt about human reproductive system and itsfunctions in Chapter 2. Now, let’s discuss a closely relatedtopic – reproductive health. What do we understand bythis term? The term simply refers to healthy reproductiveorgans with normal functions. However, it…
