Topics 

1. Mendelian principles
   1. Dominance
   2. Segregation
   3. Independent assortment
   4. Deviation from Mendelian inheritance
2. Concept of gene
   1. Allele
   2. Multiple alleles
   3. Pseudoallele
   4. Complementation tests
3. Extensions of Mendelian principles
   1. Codominance
   2. Incomplete dominance
   3. Gene interactions
   4. Pleiotropy
   5. Genomic imprinting
   6. Penetrance and expressivity
   7. Phenocopy
   8. Linkage and crossing over
   9. Sex linkage, sex limited and sex influenced characters
4. Gene mapping methods
   1. Linkage maps
   2. Tetrad analysis
   3. Mapping with molecular markers
   4. Mapping by using somatic cell hybrids
   5. Development of mapping population in plants
5. Extra chromosomal inheritance
   1. Inheritance of mitochondrial and chloroplast genes
   2. Maternal inheritance
6. Microbial genetics
   1. Methods of genetic transfers
      1. Transformation
      2. Conjugation
      3. Transduction
      4. Sex-duction
   2. Mapping genes by interrupted mating
   3. Fine structure analysis of genes
7. Human genetics
   1. Pedigree analysis
   2. lod score for linkage testing
   3. Karyotypes
   4. Genetic disorders
8. Quantitative genetics
   1. Polygenic inheritance
   2. Heritability and its measurements
   3. QTL mapping
9. Mutation
   1. Types
   2. Causes
   3. Detection
   4. Mutant types
      1. Lethal
      2. Conditional
      3. Biochemical
      4. Loss of function
      5. Gain of function
   5. Germinal versus somatic mutants
   6. Insertional mutagenesis
10. Structural and numerical alterations of chromosomes
    1. Deletion
    2. Duplication
    3. Inversion
    4. Translocation
    5. Ploidy and their genetic implications
11. Recombination
    1. Homologous
    2. Non-homologous
    3. Transposition
    4. Site-specific recombination