Cytogenetics, Evolution And Plant Breeding

ABOUT THE BOOKThe thoroughly revised contents catering to the latest syllabi of various Indian Universities, including UGC Model Curriculum have been encompassed under the following heads :• CytogeneticsCytogenetics is the study of chromosomes and the diseases caused by numerical and structural chromosome abnormalities.• EvolutionEvolution is a heritable change in the frequency of alleles in a population from one generation to next.• BiostatisticsBiostatistics is the application of statistics to a wide range of disciplines including medicine and agriculture. It is used in diverse sectors of :(1) Public health including epidemiology and environmental health (il) Design and analysis of clinical trials in medicine (in) Agriculture (Improving crops and farm animals) and (iv) Biomedical research• Plant BreedingPlant Breeding is the use of techniques involving crossing plants to produce varieties with particular traits, which are carried in the genes of the plants and passed into future plant generations. Domestication, classical plant breeding and genetic engineering are all processes that alter the genome of a plant to enhance its qualities as a crop.