Examples

1) Asexual Reproduction i. Binary Fission : Amoeba

ii. Budding : Yeast
iii. Cell Division : Protists and Monerans

2) Asexual Reproduction Structures i. Zoospores : Chlamydomonas

ii. Conidia : Penicillium
iii. Buds : Hydra
iv. Gemmules : Sponge

3) Vegetative Propagules in Angiosperms i. Eyes : Potato

ii. Rhizome : Ginger, Banana
iii. Bulbil : Agave
iv. Leaf buds : Bryophyllum
v. Offset : Water Hyacinth

4) Oestrus Cycle Tiger, cows, sheep, rats, deers, dogs

5) Menstrual Cycle Monkeys, apes and humans
6) Monoecious Plants (Bisexual plants) Cucurbits and coconut, Chara
7) Dioecious Plants (Unisexual Plants) Papaya and date palm, Marchantia
 Examples
8) Bisexual animals (Hermaphrodite) Earthworm, sponge, tapeworm and leech
9) Unisexual animals Cockroach
10) Parthenogenesis Rotifers, honeybees, some lizards, birds (Turkey)
11) External fertilization Most aquatic organisms – Majority of algae and
fishes as well as amphibians

12) Internal fertilization i. Many terrestrial organisms – Belonging to fungi

ii. Higher animals (reptiles, birds, mammals)
iii. Majority of plants – Bryophytes, pteridophytes,
gymnosperms and angiosperms)

13) Multicarpellary, Syncarpous pistil Papaver

14) Multicarpellary, Apocarpus gynoecium Michelia

15) Presence of one ovule in an ovary Wheat, Paddy, Mango
16) Presence of many ovules in an ovary Papaya, Watermelon, Orchids
 Examples
16) Autogamy Viola (common pansy), Oxalis and Commelina
17) Abiotic agents of pollination Wind and water
18) Biotic agents of pollination Animals [Bees, Butterflies, beetles, wasp, ants, moths,
birds (sunbird and humming birds), bats, some
primates(lemurs) and arboreal(tree-dwelling) rodents,
reptiles (gecko lizard and garden lizard)]

19) Wind pollination Grasses

20) Water pollination Algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes
§ Vallisneria and Hydrilla (grow in fresh water
§ Zostera (grow in marine water)

Insect or Wind pollination – Water hyacinth and water lily

21) Endosperms completely consumed by Pea, groundnuts, beans
developing embryo before seed maturation
 Examples
22) Persistent Endosperm Castor and coconut
23) Albuminous seed Wheat, maize, barley, castor, sunflower
24) Non-Albuminous seed Pea and groundnut
25) True fruits Most of the fruits
26) False fruits Apple, strawberry, cashew
27) Parthenocarpic fruits Banana
28) Apomixis Asteraceae and grasses
29) Polyembryony Citrus fruits
30) Hormones released during pregnancy § hCG, hPL, Estrogens, Progestogens (by
placenta)
§ Relaxin (by ovary)
§ During pregnancy levels of estrogens,
progestrogens, cortisol, prolactin, thyroxine are
also increased in maternal blood
 Examples
31) Natural methods of contraception § Periodic abstinence
§ Withdrawal or coitus interrupts
§ Lactational amenorrhea

32) Barrier methods of contraception § Condoms, Diaphragms, cervical caps and vaults
33) IUDs § Non-medicated IUDs – Lippes loop
§ Copper releasing IUDs – CuT, Cu7, Multiload 375
§ Hormone releasing IUDs – Progestasert and LNG- 20

34) Incomplete Dominance Dog flower (snapdragon or Antirrhinum species)

35) Co-dominance ABO blood grouping
36) Multiple Allelism ABO blood grouping
37) Pleiotropy Phenylketonuria
 Examples
38) Male Heterogamety Humans and drosophila (XY)
39) Female Heterogamety Birds (ZW)
40) Point mutation Sickle cell anemia
41) Mendelian Disorders Haemophilia, Cystic fibrosis, Sickle cell anemia,
colorblindness, phenylketonuria, thalassemia

42) Chromosomal disorders Down’s syndrome, Klinefelter’s syndrome, Turner’s

syndrome

43) Purines Adenine and Guanine

44) Pyrimidines Cytosine, Uracil and Thymine
45) Homologous structures § Forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetah and humans
(Divergent evolution) § Vertebrate hearts or brains
§ Thorns and tenders of Bougainvillea and Cucurbita
 Examples
46) Analogous structures (Convergent § Wings of butterfly and birds
evolution) § Eye of octopus and mammals
§ Flippers of penguins and dolphins
47) Root modification Sweet potato
48) Stem modification Potato
49) Adaptive radiation § Darwin finches
§ Australian Marsupial
50) Placental mammals Mole, anteater, mouse, lemur, flying squirrel,
bobcat, wolf
51) Australian mammals Marsupial mole, numbat(anteater), marsupial
mouse, spotted cuscus, flying phalanger, Tasmanian
tiger cat, Tasmanian wolf
52) Passive Immunity Colostrum, Injection in case of snake bites
53) Primary lymphoid organs Bone marrow, and thymus
 Examples
54) Secondary lymphoid organs Spleen lymph nodes, tonsils, Peyer’s patches
of small intestine and appendix
55) Fresh water fish Catla, Rohu, and Common carp
56) Marine fishes Hilsa, sardines, Mackerel and Pomfrets
57) Semi-dwarf varieties of wheat Sonalika and Kalyan Sona
58) Semi-dwarf varieties of rice Jaya and Ratna
59) Diseases caused by fungi Brown rust of wheat, red rot of sugarcane, late blight
of potato
60) Diseases caused by bacteria Black rot od crucifers
61) Diseases caused by viruses Tobacco mosaic and turnip mosaic
62) Free living nitrogen fixing bacteria Azospirillum, Azotobacter
63) Cyanobacteria as Nitrogen fixers Anabaena, Nostoc, Oscillatoria
64) Symbiotic Nitrogen fixing Bacteria Rhizobium
 Examples
65) Major biomes of India § Tropical rain forest
§ Deciduous forest
§ Desert
§ Sea coast

66) Predation Prickly pear cactus and cactus feeding predator (a moth)
67) Parasitism § Life cycle of human liver fluke
§ Malarial parasite
§ Cuscuta

68) A brute parasitism Cuckoo (Koel) and the crow

69) Commensalism § Barnacles growing on the back of a whale
§ An orchid growing on as an epiphyte on a mango
branch
§ Cattle Egret and grazing cattle
§ Sea anemone and clown fish
 Examples
70) Mutualism § Lichens – mutualistic relationship between a
fungus and a photosynthesizing algae or
cyanobacteria
§ Mycorrhizae – association between fungi
and roots of higher plants
§ Pollination (zoophily, entomophily)
§ Between fig tree and wasp

71) Gaseous nutrient cycle Nitrogen, carbon cycle

72) Sedimentary cycle Sulphur and phosphorus cycle
73) Plants with Hallucinogenic properties Erythroxylum coca, Atropa belladonna and
Datura
74) Symbiotic Nitrogen fixing bacteria Rhizobium
75) Free living Nitrogen fixing bacteria Azospirillum and Azotobacter
76) Cyanobacteria as nitrogen fixer Anabaena, Nostoc, Oscillatoria
 Examples

77) Competition Between superior barnacle Balanus and

smaller barnacle

78) In situ conservation Biosphere reserve, national parks, wildlife

sanctuaries

79) Ex situ conservation Zoological parks, botanical gardens and

wildlife safari parks
 Examples
1) Red Dinoflagellates Gonyaulax
2) Euglenoids Euglena
3) Amoeboid protozoans Amoeba, Entamoeba
4) Flagellate protozoans Trypanosoma
5) Ciliated protozoans Paramoecium
6) Sporozoans Plasmodium (malarial parasite)
7) Phycomycetes Mucor, Rhizopus, Albugo (the parasitic fungi on mustard)
8) Ascomycetes Penicillium(multicellular), yeast (unicellular), Aspergillus, Claviceps and
Neurospora

9) Basidiomycetes Agaricus(mushroom), Ustilago(smut), Puccinia(rust fungus)

10) Deuteromycetes Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma
11) Colonial algae Volvox
12) Filamentous algae Ulothrix and Spirogyra
 Examples
13) Isogamous reproduction § Flagellated and similar in size : Ulothrix
§ Non-flagellated (non-motile) but similar in size : Spirogyra

14) Anisogamous reproduction Eudorina

15) Oogamous reproduction Volvox, Fucus

16) Marine algae used as food Porphyra, Laminaria and Sargassum

17) Algae producing hydrocolloids Algin (brown algae) and carrageen (red algae)
(water holding substance)

18) Unicellular algae rich in protein used as Clorella

food supplement by space travellers

19) Chlorophyceae Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Ulothrix, Spirogyra and Chara

20) Phaeophyceae Ectocarpus, Dicyota, Laminaria, Sargassum and Fucus

21) Rhodophyceae Polysiphonia, Poryphyra, Gracilaria and Gelidium

 Examples
22) Liverworts (Bryophytes) Marchantia

23) Mosses (Bryophytes) Funaria, Polytrichum and Sphagnum

24) Pteridophyte Classes § Psilopsida : Psilotum

§ Lycopodium : Selaginella, Lycopodium
§ Sphenopsida : Equisetum
§ Pteropsida : Dryopteris, Pteris, Adiantum

25) Pteridophytes having microphylls Selaginella

26) Pteridophytes having macrophylls Ferns

27) Pteridophytes having strobily or Selaginella, Equisetum

cones

28) Heterosporous Pteridophytes Selaginella and Salvinia

29) Unbranched stem Cycas

 Examples
30) Branched stem Pinus, Cedrus
31) Bisexual gymnosperm Pinus
32) Unisexual gymnosperm Cycas
33) Haplontic life cycle Spirogyra, Volvox, some species of Chlamydomonas
34) Diplontic life cycle Fucus, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
35) Haplo-diplontic Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, Ectocarpus,
Polysiphonia, kelps

36) Coelomates Annelids, Molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms,

hemichordates and chordates

37) Pseudocoelomates Aschelminthes

38) Acoelomates Platyhelminthes
39) Phylum – Porifera Sycon (Scypha), Spongilla (Fresh water sponge) and
Euspongia (Bath sponge)
 Examples
40) Phylum – Coelenterata Physalia (Portuguese man-of-war), Adamsia (Sea anemone),
(Cnidaria) Pennatula (Sea-pen), Gorgonia (Sea-fan) and Meandrina
(Brain coral)

41) Phylum – Ctenophora Pleurobrachia and Ctenoplana

42) Phylum – Platyhelminthes Taenia (Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke)
43) Phylum – Aschelminthes Ascaria (Roundworm), Wuchereria (Filaria worm),
Ancylostoma (Hookworm)

44) Phylum – Annelida Nereis, Pheretima (Earthworm), and Hirudinaria (Blood

sucking leech)

45) Phylum – Arthropoda § Economically important insects – Apis (Honeybee),

Bombyx (Silkworm), Laccifer (Lac insect)
§ Vectors – Anopheles, Culex and Aedes(mosquitoes)
§ Gregarious pest – Locusta (Locust)
§ Living fossils – Limulus (King crab)
 Examples
46) Phylum – Mollusca Pila (Apple snail), Pinctada (Pearl oyster), Sepia (cuttlefish), Loligo
(Squid), Octopus (Devil fish), Aplysia (Sea-hare), Dentalium (Tusk
shell) and Chaetopleura (Chiton)

47) Phylum – Echinodermata Asteria (Star fish), Echinus (sea urchin), Antedon (Sealily),
Cucumaria (sea cucumber) amd Ophiura (Brittle star)
48) Phylum – Hemichordata Balanoglossus and Saccoglossus
49) Urochordata Ascidia, Salpa, Doliolum
50) Cephalochordata Branchiostoma, Amphioxus or Lancelet
51) Cyclostomata Petromyzon (Lamprey), Myxine (Hagfish)
52) Chondrichthyes Scoliodon (Dog fish), Pristis (Saw fish), Carcharodon (Great white
shark), Trygon (Sting ray)
53) Osteichthyes § Marine : Exocoetus (Flying fish), Hippocampus (Sea horse)
§ Fresh water : Labeo (Rohu), Catla (Katla), Clarias (Magur)
§ Aquarium : Betta (Fighting fish), Pterophyllum (Angel fish)
 Examples
54) Amphibia Bufo (Toad), Rana (Frog), Hyla (Tree frog), Salamandra (Salamander), Ichthyophis
(Limbless amphibia)

55) Reptilia § Chelone (Turtle), Testudo (Tortoise), Chameleon (Tree lizard), Calotes (Garden lizard),
Crocodilus (Crocodile), Alligator (Alligator), Hemidactylus (Wall lizard)
§ Poisonous snakes - Naja (Cobra), Bangarus (Krait), Vipera (Viper)

56) Aves Corvus (Crow), Columba (Pigeon), Psittacula (Parrot), Struthio (Ostrich), Pavo
(Peacock), Aptenodytes (Penguin), Neophron (Vulture)

57) Mammalia § Oviparous – Ornithorhynchus (Platypus)

§ Viviparous – Macropus (Kangaroo), Pteropus (Flying fox), Camelus (Camel), Macaca
(Monkey), Rattus (Rat), Canis (Dog), Felis (Cat), Elephas (Elephant), Equus (Horse),
Delphinus (Common Dolphin), Balaenoptera (Blue whale), Panthera Tigris (Tiger),
Panthera leo (Lion)

58) Tap root system Mustard

 Examples
59) Fibrous root system Monocotyledonous plants

60) Adventitious root system Grass, Monstera and the banyan tree

61) Prop roots Banyan tree

62) Stilt roots Maize, sugarcane

63) Pneumatophores Rhizophora

64) Modified stem Potato, ginger, turmeric, zaminkand, Colocasia,

65) Modified root Sweet potato

66) Pinnately compound leaf Neem

67) Palmately compound leaf Silk cotton

68) Alternate phyllotaxy China rose, mustard and sunflower plants

69) Opposite phyllotaxy Calotropis and guava plants

70) Whorled phyllotaxy Alstonia

 Examples
71) Actinomorphic Mustard, datura, chili

72) Zygomorphic Pea, gulmohur, bean, Cassia

73) Hypogynous flower, superior ovary Mustard, china rose, brinjal

74) Perigynous flower, half inferior ovary Plum, rose, peach

75) Epigynous flower, inferior ovary Guava and cucumber

76) Valvate aestivation Calotropis

77) Twisted aestivation China rose, lady’s finger and cotton

78) Imbricate aestivation Cassia and gulmohur

79) Vexillary aestivation Pea and bean flowers

80) Monoadelphous androecium China rose

81) Diadelphous androecium Pea

82) Polyadelphous androecium Citrus

 Examples
83) Apocarpous gynoecium Lotus and rose
84) Syncarpous gynoecium Mustard and tomato
85) Marginal placentation Pea
86) Axile placentation China rose, tomato and lemon
87) Parietal placentation Mustard and Argemone
88) Free central placentation Dianthus and Primrose
89) Basal placentation Sunflower, marigold
90) Fabaceae § Pulses – gram, arhar, sem, moong, soyabean
§ Edible oil – Soya bean, ground nut
§ Dye – Indigofera
§ Fibers – sunhemp
§ Fodder – Sesbania, Trifolium
§ Ornamentals – Lupin, sweet pea
§ Medicine - muliathi
 Examples
91) Solanaceae Tomato, brinjal, potato, spice (chili), medicine (belladonna,
ashwagandha), fumigatory (tobacco), ornamentals
(petunia)

92) Liliaceae Tulip, Gloriosa, source of medicine (Aloe), vegetables

(Asparagus), and colchine (Cilchicum autumnale)

93) Endo membrane system Endoplasmic reticulum (ER), golgi complex, lysosomes and
vacuoles

94) Pigments Carotenoids, Anthocyanins

95) Alkaloids Morphine, Codeine

96) Terpenoides Monoterpenes, Diterpenes

97) Essential oils Lemon grass oil

98) Toxins Abrin, Ricin

99) Lectins Concanavalin A

 Examples
100)Drugs Vinblastin, curcumin
101)Polymeric substance Rubber, gums, cellulose
102)Macronutrients Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous,
sulphur, potassium, calcium and magnesium

103)Micronutrients Iron, manganese, copper, molybdenum, zinc, boron,

chlorine and nickel

104)Beneficial elements Sodium, silicon, cobalt and selenium

105)Chlorosis is caused by the deficiency of N, K, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Zn AND Co
106)Necrosis or death of tissue is caused by the Ca, Mg, Cu, K
deficiency of

107)Inhibition of cell division is caused by the N, K, S, Mo

deficiency of

108)Delay in flowering is caused by the N, S, Mo

deficiency of
 Examples
109)Nitrifying bacteria Nitrosomonas, Nitrococcus, Nitrobacter

110)Denitrifying bacteria Pseudomonas, Thiobacillus

111)Vernalization § Biennial plants – Sugarbeet, cabbages, carrots

112)Respiration by simple diffusion (over entire body Lower invertebrates like sponges, coelenterates,
surface) flatworms

113)Cutaneous respiration Earthworms

114)Tracheal respiration Insects

115)Branchial respiration (Gills) Most of the aquatic arthropods and molluscs

116)Pulmonary respiration Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals

117)2-chambered heart Fishes

118)3-chambered heart Amphibians and reptiles (except crocodiles)

119)4-chambered heart Birds and mammals

 Examples
120)Ammonotelic animals Many bony fishes, aquatic amphibians and aquatic insects

121)Ureotelic animals Mammals, many terrestrial amphibians and marine fishes

122)Uricotelic animals Reptiles, birds, land snails and insects

123)Excretory structures § Protonephridia or flame cells – flatworm (Planaria), rotifers, some annelids
and the cephalochordate – Amphioxus
§ Nephridia – earthworms and other annelids
§ Malpighian tubules – most of the insects including cockroaches
§ Antennal glands or green glands – crustaceans like prawns

124)Amoeboid movement Amoeba

125)Ciliary movement Coordinated movement of cilia in trachea, passage of ova through the female
reproductive tracts

126)Muscular movement Movement of our jaws, limbs, tongue

127)Flagellar movement Swimming of spermatozoa, canal system of sponges, locomotion of protozoans

like Euglena
 Examples
128)Fibrous joints Sutures of skull
129)Cartilaginous joints Between the adjacent vertebrae in the vertebral column
130)Synovial joint § Ball and socket joints – between humerus and pectoral
girdle)
§ Hinge joint – Knee joint
§ Pivot joint – between atlas and axis
§ Gliding joint – between the carpals
§ Saddle joint – between carpal and metacarpal of thumb

131)Multipolar neurons In cerebral cortex

132)Bipolar neurons Retina of eye
133)Unipolar neurons Usually in the embryonic stage
134)Peptide, polypeptide, Insulin, glucagon, pituitary hormones, hypothalamic hormones
protein hormones
135)Steroids Cortisol, testosterone, estradiol, progesterone
 Examples

136)Iodothyronines Thyroid hormones

137)Amino – acid derivatives Epinephrine

138)Hormones with membrane – bound receptors Protein hormones

139)Hormones with intracellular receptors Steroid hormones, idothyronines