Chromosomal and Genomic Structures and Functions 2-volume set

Volume 1: Chromosomes and Cell Division

1. Biotechnology and Its Applications

Muhammad Atif, Shagufta Perveen, Sara Zafar, and Abida Parveen

2. Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance

Abida Parveen, Shagufta Perveen, and Farah Naz

3. The Chromosome

Umbreen Bibi, Sara Zafar, and Fiza Talat

4. Mitosis

Khadija Hafeez, Faiza Akhtar, Nadia Yasmeen, and Shagufta Perveen

5. Meiosis

Nadia Yasmeen, Khadija Hafeez, Faiza Akhtar, and Shagufta Perveen

6. Structural Changes in Chromosome

Momina Saeed, Abida Parveen, Shagufta Perveen, Sara Zafar, Qaisar Mahmood, and Sumaira Thind

7. Gene and Cell Division

Aaradhya Bhatnagar, Sachchit Patel, and Arpit Shukla

8. Sex Determination

Fiza Talat, Sara Zafar, and Umbreen Bibi

9. Chromosome and Mutations

Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mubashir Mazhar, Mehwish Maqbool, Muhammad Ajaib, Tanveer Hussain, and Muhammad Waqas

10. Chromosome Movements During Cell Division

Tanveer Hussain and Muhammad Ishtiaq

Volume 2: Genetic Material Structure and Functions

1. Genetic Engineering: The Future

Sara Zafar, Abida Kausar, and Shagufta Perveen

2. Epigenetics

Aleena Muneer, Esha Ameen, Husna Ahmad, and Asima Tayyeb

3. Nucleus

Waheeda Mushtaq, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Muhammad Ajaib, and Zarqoona Afzal

4. Inheritance and Its Biological Mechanism

Siddraj Thakur and Arpit Shukla

5. Legacy in the Cytoplasm: Unraveling the Intrigues of Cytoplasmic Inheritance

Saraswati Panda, Vishwa Shah, Aaradhya Bhatnagar, Sachchit Patel, and Arpit Shukla

6. DNA as Genetic Material

Abida Parveen, Shagufta Perveen, and Farah Naz

7. Nuclear Membrane

Isbah Ashfaq, Sidra Javed, Mehak Shahid, and Asima Tayyeb

8. Gene Expression in Prokaryotes

Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Ishtiaq, and Muhammad Ajaib

9. Gene Expression in Eukaryotes

Iqra Batool Hashmi, Abida Parveen, Shagufta Perveen, Sara Zafar, Qaisar Mahmood, and Sumaira Thind

10. Genetics and Evolution

Muhammad Ishtiaq, Muhammad Waqas Mazhar, Mehwish Maqbool, and Syed Atiq Hussain Shah

Biography

Tariq Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is serving as a Senior Lecturer of Botany in the Department of Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is engaged in research of molecular biology, plant biotechnology, mutation breeding, and genetic improvement of legumes and medicinal plants. He has published more than 16 international books, 100 research papers, and many review articles and book chapters and has participated in over 50 national and international conferences, training programs, and workshops. Dr. Bhat has 20 years of active teaching experience. He is serving as the District Coordinator for Anantnag, India, of a project on medicinal plants under the financial assistance of the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), New Delhi (Ministry of AYUSH), India. He is also a founding member of the Honrable CM Super 50 initiative. He is a life member of several scientific societies and a reviewer for several international scientific journals. The Government of India conferred on him a Best Innovative Science Teacher Award (2014) that recognizes his meritorious services. He was conferred with a Sir Syed Gold Medal along with Certificate of Merit (2022) for outstanding contributions in the field of education and research by the Jammu and Kashmir Alig Society.

Jameel M. Al-Khayri, PhD, is Professor of Plant Biotechnology in the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He has dedicated his research efforts on date palm biotechnology for the last three decades. He has published over 140 research articles and reviews in international journals, in addition to 80 book chapters. He has served as editor of several special issues of international journals on date palm, biotechnology, and sustainable agriculture. He is also editor of  30 reference books on plant biotechnology, genetic resources, breeding, genomics, nanotechnology, climate change, and food security. He has been appointed as a member of the editorial boards and review panels of several international journals. He has participated in the organizing committees of international scientific conferences and contributed over 50 research presentations.  He is an active member of the International Society for Horticultural Science and Society for In Vitro Biology and serves as the National Correspondent of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. He has also served as a member of Majlis Ash-Shura (Saudi Arabia Legislative Council) Fifth Session. He is maintaining an active research program that focuses on plant genetic transformation, secondary metabolites, and in vitro mutagenesis to enhance tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. He is interested in the role of biotechnology in enhancing food security and alleviating the impact of global climate change on agriculture.