About the Authors
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Introduction | The Flower | Pollination | Artificial Hybridization | Double Fertilization | Post-Fertilization Events
Chapter 2: Human Reproduction
Introduction | The Male Reproductive System | The Female Reproductive System | Gametogenesis | The Menstrual Cycle | Fertilization and Implantation | Pregnancy and Embryonic Development
Chapter 3: Reproductive Health
Introduction | Importance of Reproductive Health | Reproductive Health and Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Programmes | Factors Affecting Reproductive Health | Problems and Strategies Related to Reproductive Health | Population Explosion and Birth Control | Amniocentesis | Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Infertility | Measures for Birth Control | Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Chapter 4: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Introduction | Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance | Law of Dominance, Test Cross, Law of Segregation and Incomplete Dominance | Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance | Dihybrid Cross in Drosophila to Study Linkage and Recombination | Sex Determination in Various Animals: Male and Female Heterogamety | Mutation, Pedigree Analysis and Genetic Disorders
Chapter 5: Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Introduction | Deoxyribonucleic Acid | Structure of a Polynucleotide Chain | Double- Helix Model for the Structure of DNA | The Central Dogma | Packaging of the DNA Helix | Transforming Principle, Hershey and Chase Experiments and Properties of Genetic Material | DNA Replication with Experimental Proof Machinery and the Enzymes Involved | Transcription Unit: Structure and Relationship with Genes | Types of RNA and the Transcription Process | Genetic Code and Study of Mutations | Structure of tRNA, Process of Translation and Regulation of Gene Expression | The Lac Operon | The Human Genome Project | DNA Fingerprinting
Chapter 6: Evolution
Introduction | Origin of Life | Theories of Organic Evolution | Hardy–Weinberg Principle | Evolution of Plants, Animals and Humans | How Does a Species Evolve?
Chapter 7: Human Health and Disease
Introduction | Pathogenic Diseases | Communicable Diseases | Non-Communicable Diseases | What is Immunity? | AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) | Cancer | Commonly Abused Drugs
Chapter 8: Microbes in Human Welfare
Introduction | Household and Industrial Applications | Sewage Treatment and Biogas Production Applications | Microbes as Biocontrol Agents and Biofertilizers
Chapter 9: Biotechnology – Principles and Practices
Introduction | Principles of Biotechnology | Tools of Genetic Engineering | Steps in Recombinant DNA Technology
Chapter 10: Biotechnology and Its Applications
Introduction | Applications of Biotechnology in Agriculture | Applications of Biotechnology in Medicine | Applications of Biotechnology in Aquaculture Fisheries | Applications of Biotechnology in Industry | Environmental Applications of Biotechnology | Transgenic Animals | Biopiracy
Chapter 11: Organisms and Populations
Introduction | Ecology and Its Characteristic Features | Adaptations | Population | Population Interactions
Chapter 12: Ecosystem
Introduction | Productivity | Decomposition | Energy Flow | Ecosystem Services
Chapter 13: Biodiversity and Its Conservation
Introduction | Types of Biodiversity | Patterns of Biodiversity | Importance of Biodiversity | Hotspots | Role of Biodiversity | Loss of Biodiversity | Conservation of Biodiversity
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