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What are vestigial organs ? 


Vestigial organs are rudimentary or poorly developed organs or body parts that are non-functional and useless to the possessor but were functional in the ancestors and are fully developed and functional in related forms.

For example, in man, about 90 structures are present which are vestigial, e.g. Wisdom teeth, vermiform appendix etc.

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Draw a labelled diagram of the transverse section of the cochlea of the human ear.
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Define cardiac output. Describe the mechanism regulating the heart beat.
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Explain hybridization. Describe the various techniques of hybridization in plants. 
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Explain the following :

(i) Grafting
(ii) Vital capacity
(iii) Ureotelism
(iv) Epigeal germination.

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Enumerate any three causes of mental illness ?
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Describe the events that take place from the time of entry of the human sperm into the ovum till fertilization is complete. 
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What is seed dormancy ? How can it be broken artificially ? 
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Describe the Oparin-Haldane theory of the origin of life.
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Give an account of the evidence which shows the common ancestry of man and apes. 
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