Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding and Evolution

Download or read book Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding and Evolution written by Umakant Sinha and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cell organisation; Chemical basis of heredity; Catalytic functions of DNA; Physical organisation of the hereditary material; Cell division; Principles of inheritance; Linkage and crossing over; Gene expression and interaction; Determination of sex; Variation in chromosome number; Variation of chromosome structure; Mutation; Cytoplasmic inheritance and material; The gene since mendel; Genetic regulatory mechanisms; Genetic engineering; Quantitative inheritance; Genes in populations; Hybrid vigour or heterosis; Methods of plan breeding; Crop improvement; Evidences for evolution; Theories of evolution.