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Respected Sir, I have applied for JRF Genetics exam so I want to know what is the syllabus for JRF Genetics exam? Which books should I prefer studying so that I can qualify the exam? Please answer as soon as possible.

The JRF Syllabus are as under.

JRF Syllabus for Genetics:

Characterstics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms
Difference between fungi, bacteria, mycoplasms and viruses
Physical and chemical basis of heredity
Chromosome structure
DNA replication, transcription and translation
Genetic Code
Operon concept
Genetic engineering
Restriction enzymes
Vectors
Gene cloning
Gene transfer
Plant cell and tissue culture
Micro --Propagation
Somaclonal variation
Transformation
Recombination
Heterosis

The Best books for the Genetics Science are as under:

Genetics: A Conceptual Approach -- Pierce, B. A

Principles of Genetics -- Gardner, E.J.Simmons, M.J & Snustad, D.P

Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Genetics -- William D. Stansfield

JRF syallbus for Genetic exam.
Genetics :-
Mendellian genetics
mitosis
meiosis
recombination
DNA structure
replication
transcription
translation
DNA
footprinting
control of gene expression
polymerase chain reaction
recent trends in molecular biology.

Books for JRF genetic:-

Genetics- at a glance
Dr. Phundan Singh

Objective Plant Breeding
Dr. Phundan Singh

Fundamentals of Plant Breeding
B D Singh

Agricultural plant pathology
R. Singh

Plant Pathology
Taro & kappor

Objective Plant Pathology
Bhattacharya

Quantitative Genetics and Crop Breeding
S.,Thirugnanakumar

Textbook of Seed Science and Technology
Prakash

Sir, I want to prepare for jrf exam, currently iam in 2nd year. In Jrf exam whethere we have to take only one subject .