Agricultural genetics

lt;p>Hernán Eduardo Laurentin Táriba is an agronomist from Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Magister Scientiarum in Agronomy from Universidad Central de Venezuela and Ph. D. in Agricultural Sciences from Georg-August University. He is a lecturer in Genetics, Plant Breeding and Seed Production at Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado since 1997. He's the Head of sesame breeding program in Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado and of breeding and seed programs in sesame, vegetable species and maize for several private companies in Venezuela.

Part I. Molecular GeneticsChapter 1. Introduction to geneticsChapter. 2. DNA as hereditary materialChapter. 3. Central Dogma of Molecular BiologyChapter. 4. Applications of molecular biology in agriculturePart. II. Mendelian GeneticsChapter. 5. DNA, Genes, Cells and Mendelian GeneticsChapter. 6. Gene interactionsChapter. 7. Sex-linked inheritanceChapter. 8. Gene linkageChapter. 9. Extranuclear inheritanceChapter. 10. Chromosomal mutationsPart. III. Population ManagementChapter. 11. Population geneticsChapter. 12. Quantitative GeneticsChapter. 13. HeterosisChapter. 14. Population management and Genetic Improvement