COVER -- CONTENTS -- PART I : THEORY -- SCOPE OF GENETICS -- MICROSCOPY -- THE CELL -- THE CELL WALL -- PLASMA MEMBRANE -- ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM -- RIBOSOMES -- CENTRIOLE -- LYSOSOMES -- THE GOLGI COMPLEX -- PEROXISOMES -- MITOCHONDRIA -- PLASTIDS -- NUCLEUS -- CELL CYCLE AND CELL DIVISION -- MODEL ORGANISMS -- PART II : PRACTICALS -- MICROSCOPY -- MODEL ORGANISMS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN GENETIC STUDIES -- STAINING TECHNIQUES -- SQUASH PREPARATION.