Chromosomal and Genomic Structures and Functions

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.

• Volume 1: Chromosomes and Cell Division 1. Biotechnology and Its Applications 2. Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance 3. The Chromosome 4. Mitosis 5. Meiosis 6. Structural Changes in Chromosome 7. Gene and Cell Division 8. Sex Determination 9. Chromosome and Mutations 10. Chromosome Movements During Cell Division Volume 2: Genetic Material Structure and Functions 1. Genetic Engineering: The Future 2. Epigenetics 3. Nucleus 4. Inheritance and Its Biological Mechanism 5. Legacy in the Cytoplasm: Unraveling the Intrigues of Cytoplasmic Inheritance 6. DNA as Genetic Material 7. Nuclear Membrane 8. Gene Expression in Prokaryotes 9. Gene Expression in Eukaryotes 10. Genetics and Evolution