University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes Author and Subject index.

Section-I : General history -- History of genetics and cytogenetics -- Section-II : Cytology and cytogenetics -- Cell ultrastructure -- Chromosome structure and function -- Cell division I. Mitosis -- Cell division II. Meiosis -- Regulation of cell cycle -- Chromosomal aberrations I. Structural aberrations -- Chromsomal aberrations II. Numerical aberrations -- Section-III : Transmission genetics -- Laws of mendel I. Law of segregation -- Laws of Mendel II. Independent assortment -- Physical of heredity (Chromosomal theory of inheritance -- Gene symbols, dominance, and lethal genes -- Gene interaction and epistasis (Modification of dihybrid ratio) -- Probability and chi-square test -- Environmental effects on the development of characters -- Inheritance of quantitative characters -- Linkage and crossing over -- Recombination in fungi and bacteria -- Multiple alleles -- Sex determination -- Sex linkage -- Mutation -- Cytoplasmic inheritance and maternal effects -- Genetics and man -- Section-IV : Molecular genetics -- The genetic material -- Replication and repair of genetic material -- Organization of genetic material (Genes and Genomes) -- Genome maps -- Molecular techniques in genetics -- Recombinant DNA technology -- Gene action I. Genes, biochemical reactions and proteins (biochemical genetics) -- Gene action II. Transcription and RNA processing -- Gene action III. Translation -- Regulations of gene action I. Prokaryotes -- Regulation of gene action II. Eukaryotes -- Genetics of differentiation and development -- Section-V : Population and evolutionary genetics -- Population genetics I. The hardy-weinberg law -- Population genetics II. Factors affecting gene frequencies -- Evolution and origin of species -- Section-VI : Glossary and appendices.