Fundamentals of Genetics 6th Edition By B.D. Singh

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Publisher ‏: Medtech Science Press 
Author : B.D. Singh 
Language ‏: ‎English 
Edition : 6th Edition 
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The book 'Fundamentals of Genetics' is designed for the graduate courses in Botany, Zoology, Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Agriculture that have a paper in genetics. The book covers the different aspects of genetics in 39 chapters divided in five sections, namely, general history, cytology and cytogenetics, transmission genetics, molecular genetics, and population and evolutionary genetics. In the end, a glossary of relevant terms and several appendices with useful information have been provided. The book traces the discoveries that culminated in the elucidation of inheritance of various characters of the organisms, and then deals with the discoveries of genetic material and the mechanisms of its expression. In addition, the behaviour of genes in random mating populations and the events leading to speciation have also been discussed. The book has been written in simple language in a style I followed for teaching to my students. The concepts have been explained with the help of suitable diagrams and every effort has been made to maintain readability and facilitate easy comprehension. It is expected to serve as the basic reading resource for the students of genetics and would be helpful in various competitive examinations.

Content :

1    HISTORY OF GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS
2    Section II: CYTOLOGY AND CYTOGENETICS
3    CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE
4    CHROMOSOME  STRUCTURE  AND  FUNCTION
5    CEll DIVISION I. MITOSIS
6    CEll DIVISION II. MEIOSIS
7    CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS I. STRUCTURAL ABERRATIONS
8    CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS II. NUMERICAL ABERRATIONS
9    LAWS  OF MENDEL l.  LAW  OF SEGREGATION
10    LAWS OF MENDEL II. INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
11    PHYSICAL BASIS OF HEREDITY (CHROMOSOMAL  THEORY  OF INHERITANCE)
12    GENE SYMBOLS, DOMINANCE, AND LETHAL GENES
13    GENE INTERACTION AND EPISTASIS (MODIFICATION OF DIHYBRID RATIO)
14    PROBABILITY AND CHI-SQUARE TEST
15    ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTERS
16    INHERITANCE OF QUANTITATIVE  CHARACTERS
17    RECOMBINATION IN FUNGI AND BACTERIA
18    MULTIPLE ALLELES
19    SEX  DETERMINATION
20    SEX LINKAGE
21    MUTATION
22    CYTOPLASMIC INHERITANCE AND MATERNAL EFFECTS
23    GENETICS AND  MAN
24    Section IV: MOLECULAR  GENETICS
25    THE GENETIC MATERIAL
26    REPLICATION AND REPAIR OF GENETIC MATERIAL
27    ORGANIZATION  OF GENETIC MATERIAL (GENES AND GENOMES)
28    GENOME MAPS
29    MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN GENETICS
30    RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY
31    GENE ACTION I. GENES, BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS AND PROTEINS  (BIOCHEMICAL  GENETICS)
32    GENE ACTION II. TRANSCRIPTION AND RNA PROCESSING
33    GENE ACTION lll. TRANSLATION               531–550 33.1.    Introduction
34    REGULATION OF GENE ACTION I. PROKARYOTES
35    REGULATION OF GENE ACTION ll. EUKARYOTES
36    GENETICS OF DIFFERENTIATION AND  DEVELOPMENT
37    Section V: POPULATION AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS
38    POPULATION GENETICS l. THE HARDY-WEINBERG LAW
39    POPULATION GENETICS II. FACTORS AFFECTING  GENE FREQUENCIES
40    EVOLUTION AND ORIGIN OF SPECIES
41    Section VI: GLOSSARY AND APPENDICES
42    GLOSSARY
43    APPENDICES
44    AUTHOR  INDEX
45    SUBJECT  INDEX

About The Author :
Brahma Deo Singh served as Emeritus Professor at School of Biotechnology , Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi , India . He obtained his Bachelor's degree in agriculture from Allahabad Agricultural Institute , Allahabad , India and Master's degree in Agricultural Botany from Govt . Agricultural College , Kanpur , India with first position in the university , and was awarded the University Gold Medal . He obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Canada . Prof. Singh has 40 years of teaching and research experience in the area of genetics , plant breeding and plant biotechnology with research interests in genetics and breeding of pulse crops , plant tissue culture , biological nitrogen fixation , and molecular markers . He has published over 150 research papers in reputed journals and authored several books in genetics , plant breeding and biotechnology . He was awarded the First Prize of the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puraskar in 1987 and 1990 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research , New Delhi for the books Padap Prajanan and Anuvanshiki , respectively .