COVER -- CONTENTS -- FROM CLASSICAL GENETICS TO MODERN GENETICS -- GENETIC ENGINEERING AND r-DNA TECHNOLOGY -- GENETIC COMPLEXITY -- ENZYMES USED IN GENE MANIPULATION OF DNA AND RNA -- RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASES - MOLECULAR SCALPELS -- ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF DNA -- PLASMIDS -- ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF PLASMID DNA -- PREPARATION OF RNA -- AUTORADIOGRAPHY -- ELECTROPHORESIS OF DNA -- PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PFGE) -- NUCLEIC ACID STAINING -- NUCLEIC ACID LABELLING -- MOLECULAR PROBES -- HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES -- DNA FINGERPRINTING (DNA PROFILING) -- RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (RFLP) -- BLOTTING TECHNIQUES -- VECTORS -- GENE CLONING -- SCREENING OF RECOMBINANTS -- PROTOPLAST TECHNOLOGY -- DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS -- DNA LIBRARIES -- CHROMOSOME WALKING AND JUMPING -- SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS -- DNA SYNTHESIS -- TECHNIQUES OF (CHROMOSOME) GENE MAPPING -- DNA SEQUENCING (GENE SEQUENCING) -- RIBOZYMES -- POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) -- RANDOM AMPLIFICATION OF POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) -- SUBTRACTION HYBRIDIZATION -- RIBOTYPING -- PROTEIN ENGINEERING -- STRAIN IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIALLY IMPORTANT ORGANISMS -- GENE TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES -- TRANSGENIC ANIMALS -- HUMAN GENE THERAPY -- GENE TARGETING -- ANTISENSE THERAPY -- RNA INTERFERENCE -- FLOW CYTOGENETICS -- HUMAN GENOME PROJECT - PART I -- HUMAN GENOME PROJECT - PART II -- GENOMICS -- PROTEOMICS -- BIOINFORMATICS -I (PRIMER) -- BIOINFORMATICS -II (TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES) -- ETHICAL, LEGAL, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO GENE BIOTECHNOLOGY -- SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES.