Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 7: Vice Chancellor (VC) of University of Jammu (JU), Professor Umesh Rai today released a book entitled ‘Cell Biology, Genetics & Evolution’ in his office chamber.
The Book authored by Dr Pragya Khanna, Principal GLDM Government Degree College (GDC) Hiranagar, Dr Parvinder Kumar (Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, JU) and Research Scholar Ankush Bala, has been published by the Jaya Publishing House, Delhi.
Commending the efforts of the authors, the VC said that the discipline of Genetics is an ever evolving one and requires constant updating and thorough research. Dr Arvind Jasrotia (Registrar JU), Dr Neeraj Sharma (Special Secretary to VC) and Dr Imran Farooq were also present on the occasion.
While speaking about the book, Dr Pragya Khanna emphasized that the Book offers a thorough, easy to understand introduction to the fundamental principles of Cell Biology & Genetics. “This book is an endeavour to present a reasonable coverage on basic concepts of these areas ranging from classical cytology to modern molecular biology with an essence of Evolutionary Biology, Population Genetics and Species Concept,” Dr Khanna added.
The Book is intended to be an all-inclusive guide with easy to read text and focuses on the syllabi and curriculum of most Indian Universities with appropriate tools of self-assessment for various competitive examinations like NET/SLET. An effort has been made to provide appropriate illustrations/diagrams/photographs throughout the text for easy understanding of the concepts.
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