Syllabus
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Course Code: BOT-402 Course Name: Biology of Reproduction and Anatomy |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | History of plant embryology Male gametophyte: structure of anther, microsporogenesis, role of tapetum, Pollen development, male sterility; Pollen germination, pollen tube growth and guidance; pollen allergy |
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| 2 | Female gametophyte; ovule development, megasporogenesis; Organization of the embryosac, structure of the embryo sac cells. Pollination, Pollination mechanisms and vectors, |
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| 3 | Pollen pistil interaction and fertilization; structure of pistils; pollen-stigma interaction, sporophytic and gametophytic incompatibility, double fertilization Endosperm development, polyembryony; apomixis Experimental Embryology: in vitro fertilization Anther, Pollen and embryo culture, |
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| 4 | Anatomy in relation to taxonomy. Anomalous secondary Structure: Anomalous secondary growth, anomalous position of cambium, abnormal behaviour of normal cambium, accessory cambium formation and its activity, extrastelar cambium, Interxylary and intraxylary phloe, presence of medullary bundles, cortical bundles, presence of exclusive phloem and xylem bundles, secondary growth in monocots. |
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