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CONTENTS
Publisher's Note
(iii)
Preamble
(v-vii)
Introduction
(ix-xii)
Chapter - 1—Biology: Science of Living Organisms
1-44 Introduction 1; Origin of life 2; Abiogenesis or Spontaneous Generation 2; Origin of Life Upon Earth-Chemical Evolution 3; Living and Non-living 4; Cells 5; Cellstructure 5; Protoplasm and its Compounds 7; Enzymes And Their Actions 9; Nucleic Acids (DNA and RNA) 10; The steady state of life: Homeostasis 11; Classification 13; Units of Classification 13; Binomial Nomenclature 14: Form. Structure, and Classification of Plants 14: Root 14; Stem 15; Leaf 16; Flower 16; Form, Structure and Classification of Animals 21; Phylum Protozoa 23; Phylum Porifera 23; Phylum Coelenterata 23; Phylum Platyhelminthes 24; Phylum Nematoda (Nemathelminthes) 24; Phylum Annelida 24; Phylum Arthropoda 25; Phylum Mollusca 25; Phylum Echinodermata 26; Phylum Chordata 26; Nutrition 28; Reproduction 29; Cell Division in Reproduction 30; Important Features of Mitosis 31; Important Features of Meiosis 31; Significance of Meiosis 32; Reproduction in Plants 32; Asexual Reproduction 32; Methods of Vegetative Propagation 33; Propagation by Cutting 34; Propagation by Layering (Laverage) 35; Propagation by Grafting 35; Sexual Reproduction 35; Reproduction in Animals 38; Asexual Reproduction 38; Sexual Reproduction 39; Reproduction in Mammals 42; Sex Determination 42; Balance of X Chromosomes and Autosomes in Drosophila Chromosomal Constitution 43; Sex-determination in Man 44.
Chapter - 11 Scriptural View of Life
45-101 Soul and Body 45; Karman 45; Vital Force and Bio-potential 47; Contents of Jain Scriptures-A Summary 49; Prajñāpanā Sūtru 50; Uttarādhyuyunu Sūtra 51; Jīvājīvābhigama Sūtru 53; Sūtrakstāngu Sūtru 54; Contents of Jain Scriptures : A Detailed Discussion 57; Prajñāpanā Sūtru 57; Water-bodied Organisms 58; Botany 58; Classification of Trees 60; Common Bodied Plants 61; Mobile Organisms 62; Organisms with two sense-organs 62; Organisms with three sense-organs 62; Organisms with four sense-organs 63; Organisms
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