GATE XL Zoology Syllabus
Complete section-wise syllabus for GATE XL Zoology section. This syllabus is prepared based on the latest official GATE notification and is regularly updated to reflect any changes announced by the exam authorities. Each section includes a detailed list of topics that candidates should study to prepare effectively for the exam.
11TopicsT Section Code30 Marks
- Distribution, systematics and classification of animals, phylogenetic relationships (based on classical and molecular phylogenetic tools)
- Origin and history of life on earth, theories of evolution, natural selection, adaptation, speciation
- Basic Principles of inheritance, molecular basis of heredity, sex determination and sex-linked characteristics, cytoplasmic inheritance
- Linkage, recombination and mapping of genes in eukaryotes, population genetics, genetic disorders
- Roles of model organisms in understanding genetic principles
- Nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates; replication, transcription and translation
- Krebs cycle, glycolysis, enzyme catalysis, hormones and their actions, roles of vitamins and minerals
- Basic principles of cellular microscopy, structure of cell, cytoskeletal organization
- Cellular organelles and their structure and function, cell cycle, cell division, chromosomes and chromatin structure
- Eukaryotic genome organization and regulation of gene expression, transposable elements
- Comparative physiology, the respiratory system, Muscular system, circulatory system, digestive system
- The nervous system, the excretory system, the endocrine system, the reproductive system, the skeletal system
- Nature of parasite, host-parasite relation, protozoan and helminthic parasites
- The immune response, cellular and humoral immune response
- Gametogenesis, Embryonic development, cellular differentiation, organogenesis, metamorphosis
- Model organisms used in developmental biology, genetic and molecular basis of development, stem cells
- The ecosystem, Animal distribution, ecological niche and its contribution to ecological diversity, the food chain
- Population dynamics, species diversity, zoogeography, biogeochemical cycles, conservation biology, ecotoxicology
- Type of behaviours, courtship, mating and territoriality, instinct, learning and memory
- Social behaviour across the animal taxa, communication, pheromones, evolution of behavior in animals