Contents

Biotechnology 1. Introduction and definitions 2. Old and New concepts of biotechnology 3. Biotechnology in India 4. Prospects of Biotechnology in India 5. Impact of Biotechnology 6. Contributions of Biotechnology 7. Industrial Biotechnology 8. Medical Biotechnology 9. Animal Biotechnology 10. Environmental Biotechnology 11. Biotechnology in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry 12. Biofertilisers technology 13. Microbial Biotechnology 14. Biotechnology of energy Forensic Science 1. Introduction 2. Forensic science laboratories 3. Set-up and working of various divisions 4. Illustrative cases 5. Forensic examination of biological fluids, stains and other materials 6. DNA Finger prints 7. Forensic psychiatry (Insanity) 8. Law in relation to medical men 9. Forensic medicine and medical Jurisprudence 10. Future prospects Genetic Engineering 1. Introduction 2. Techniques of genetic engineering 3. Methods of gene isolation, identification and synthesis 4. Mapping genes on specific chromosomes 5. Genomic library 6. Cleaving DNA with restriction enzymes 7. Molecular analysis of DNA, RNA and protein 8. Detection of RFLP 9. DNA sequences 10. Mechanical shearing of DNA 11. Transcript mapping techniques 12. Synthesis of CDNA from MRNA 13. Searching for gene using computers 14. Gene synthesis machines 15. Methods of specific gene cloning, transfer and expression 16. Amplification of DNA by polymerase chain reaction 17. Specific gene transfer 18. Expression of induced genes 19. Applications of genetic engineering