ZOOLOGY FOR PGCET & APSET- IV
        G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Dept of Zoology, Govt.UG & PG College(M) Anantapur

1. Alpha interferon is the biological response modifier given to cancer patients. It destroys the tumor.
2. Alopecia is the loss of hair caused due to the destruction of hair follicle cells
3. Cervical cancer is caused by Human Papilloma Virus
4. Leukemia is a liquid tumor
5. Attraction of blood vessels by tumors is called angiogenesis.
6. Cadherins are intercellular adhesion proteins
7. Cancer cells lack cadherins
8. P 53 is also called tumor suppressing gene
9. Retinoblastoma protein is another tumor suppressor protein
10. The term vaccine was coined by Edward Jenner
11. Technique of attenuating the microbe was developed by Pasteur
12. Oral Polio vaccine was produced by Albert Sabin
13. Propolis produced by honey bees is used to treat inflammation and burns
14. Bee bread is the food of worker bees and royal jelly is the food of queen bee.
15. Indian Veterinary Research Institute is located at Izatnagar
16. Dr.B.V.Rao is the father of modern poultry in India
17. NECC is national Egg Coordination Committee
18. Separation of unproductive and infected fowl from productive ones is called culling
19. Cutting of beak of fowl in V shape is called debeaking.
20. Hisardale is the new breed of sheep developed in Punjab
21. Scientific name of cow is Bos indicus
22. Scientific name of buffalo is Bubalus bubalis
23. Operation flood was started by National Dairy Development Board
24. Ongole bull is the costliest bull in India
25. MOET: Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer
26. Von Baer is the father of modern embryology
27. Recapitulation theory was proposed by Ernst Haeckel
28. Fossils are the documentary evidences of evolution
29. Fossilized faecal matter is called coprolite
30. Connecting link between fish and amphibians is Eusthenopteron
31. Cyanognathus is the connecting link between reptiles and mammals
32. Southern Blotting technique was developed by E.M.Southern
33. VNTRs: Variable Number Tandem Repeats
34. RFLPs : Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
35. ELSI: Ethical Legal and Social Issues
36. Largest human gene is the gene that codes for dystrophin
37. Number of genes on Y chromosome is 231
38. Chromosome 1 has the highest number of genes
39. Y chromosome has the fewest genes
40. SNPs: Single Nucleotide polymorphisms.