CONTENTS: 1. Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics: An Overview;  2. Mendel’s Laws   of   Inheritance; 3. Lethality   and   Interaction   of  Genes; 4. Genetics of Quantitative Traits (QTs): 1. Mendelian  Approach (Multiple  Factor  Hypothesis); 5. Genetics  of Quantitative Traits: 2. Biometrical Approach; 6. Genetics of  Quantitative   Traits: 3. Molecular Markers and QTL Analysis;  7. Genetics of Quantitative Traits: 4. Linkage  Disequilibrium (LD) and Association Mapping; 8. Multiple Alleles and Isoalleles; (Based on Classical Concept of Allelomorphism); 9. Physical Basis of Heredity: 1. The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance; 10. Physical Basis of Heredity: 2. The Nucleus  and  the  Chromosome;  11.  Physical  Basis of Heredity:  3. Cell Division (Mitosis and Meiosis); 12. The Cell Division Cycle: Molecular Basis; 13. Linkage and Crossing Over in Diploid Organisms (Higher Eukaryotes); 14. Tetrad Analysis, Mitotic Recombination   and Gene Conversion in Haploid Organisms(Fungi and Single Celled Algae); 15. Genetics of Sexuality and Recombination in Bacteria and Viruses; 16. Molecular Basis of Division of Bacterial  Cells and Eukaryotic Organelles  (Including Sporulation in Bacteria); 17. Molecular Basis of Homologous Recombination (HR); 18. Molecular Basis of Site-Specific Recombination (Gene Targeting); 19. Recombination and Resolution of Gene Structure  (A Modified Concept of Allelomorphism); 20. Accessory Genetic Elements:  Plasmids, Transposons and Retroelements; 21. Sex-Linked, Sex-Influenced and   Sex-Limited   Traits    (Including  Sex-Biased  Inheritance);    22. Genetics of Sex Determination, Sex Differentiation and Dosage Compensation; 23. Maternal Effects and Cytoplasmic Inheritance; 24. Structural Changes in Chromosomes; 25. Numerical Changes in Chromosomes;          26. Mutations:  1. Morphological Level (Including Lethal Mutations); 27. Mutations: 2. Biochemical Level (Biochemical and Microbial Genetics); 28. Mutations: 3. Molecular Mechanism and Use in Functional Genomics;  29. Human Genetics and Genomics; 30. Chemistry of the Gene: 1. Nucleic Acids and Their Structure; 31. Chemistry of the Gene: 2. Synthesis, Modification and Repair of DNA; 32. Organization of Genetic Material: 1. Genome Size, C-Value   Paradox   and Repetitive DNA Sequences; 33. Organisation of Genetic Material: 2. Packaging of DNA as Nucleosomes in Eukaryotes; 34. Organization of Genetic Material: 3. Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Genomes          35. Organization of Genetic Material: 4. Split Genes, Overlapping Genes, Pseudogenes,  Retrogenes and Cryptic Genes; 36. The Genetic Code; 37. Expression of Gene and Protein Synthesis: 1. Transcription in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; 38. Expression of Gene and Protein Synthesis: 2. RNA Processing  (Decay, Splicing, Editing and Repair of RNA); 39. Expression of Gene and Protein Synthesis: 3. Protein Structure and  Molecular Machines for Translation of mRNA (Ribosome, tRNA and aaRS); 40. Expression of Gene and Protein Synthesis: 4. Translation of mRNA in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; 41. Protein Modification, Folding, Translocation and Degradation; 42. Regulation of Gene Expression: 1.Operon Circuits in Bacteria and Other Prokaryotes; 43. Regulation of  Gene Expression: 2. Regulation Cascades in Bacteriophages; 44. Regulation of Gene Expression: 3. A Variety of Mechanisms in Eukaryotes; 45. Regulation of Gene Expression: 4. Chromatin Remodeling and Cellular Memory; 46. Cell Receptors and Signal Transduction; 47. Genes in Development; 48. Behavioural Genetics; 49. Epigenetics and Epigenomics;  50. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: 1. Recombinant DNA, Molecular Probes, Gene Libraries, PCR (Cloning and Amplification of DNA) and   DNA   Chips;   51. Genetic  Engineering  and  Biotechnology: 2. Restriction Maps and Molecular Marker Maps; 52. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: 3. Isolation, Sequencing and Synthesis  of  Genes; 53. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology: 4. Gene Transfer Methods and Transgenic Organisms;             54. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; 5. Hybridoma and Monoclonal Antibodies; 55. Multigene Families in Eukaryotes; 56. Genomics and Proteomics (Animals, Plants and Microbes); 57. Genetics of Cancer: Proto-oncogenes,  Oncogenes  and  Tumour Suppressor Genes;   58. Population and Evolutionary Genetics; 59. Genetics of Inbreeding Depression and Heterosis; 60. Bioinformatics, In Silico Biology    and    Systems    Biology    for    Geneticists;   l  Glossary; l References; l Author Index; l Subject Index.