Cell Biology & Genetics (Zoology I Year)

Cell Biology & Genetics (Zoology I Year) by Dr. B.L. Upadhyay is a Hindi-medium B.Sc. first-year zoology textbook on the cell and heredity. The cell biology chapters start with an introduction to the cell and move through the plasma membrane and membrane transport, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi complex, lysosomes and microbodies, centrioles, cilia and flagella, the nucleus and chromosomes. Molecular topics include nucleic acids, the genetic code and protein synthesis, followed by the cell in reproduction. The genetics chapters cover Mendel's laws of inheritance, chromosomal mutations, linkage and crossing over, chromosome maps, interaction of genes, cytoplasmic inheritance, sex determination, the concept of the gene (recon, muton and cistron) and genetic disorders. The 2022 edition has 392 pages. Suitable for B.Sc. I Year zoology students who want a complete Hindi-medium text for the cell biology and genetics paper.