Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Biology outline · B: Form and Functions
Content
Asexual reproduction: fission in Paramecium; budding in yeast; natural and artificial vegetative propagation.
Objective
Differentiate between asexual and sexual reproduction; apply natural vegetative propagation in crop production and multiplication; explain the application of grafting, budding and layering in agriculture.
Content
Sexual reproduction in flowering plants: floral parts and their functions; pollination and fertilization; products of sexual reproduction; cross-pollination; placentation and development of simple, aggregate, multiple and succulent fruits.
Objective
Relate flower parts to their functions and reproduction; state the advantages of cross-pollination; deduce types of placentation associated with the development of simple, aggregate, multiple and succulent fruits.
Content
Reproduction in mammals: structures and functions of male and female reproductive organs; fertilization and development through fusion of gametes; effects of maternal health, nutrition and indiscriminate drug use on embryonic development up to birth; modern methods of regulating reproduction, including in vitro fertilization and birth control.
Objective
Differentiate male and female reproductive organs; relate their structures and functions to offspring production; describe fertilization as fusion of gametes; explain the effects of maternal health, nutrition and indiscriminate drug use on embryonic development; explain modern reproductive methods, including in vitro fertilization and birth control.
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