1. AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKER TECHNOLOGY 
1.1. BIOLOGICAL MARKERS – AN INTRODUCTION, 1.2. HYBRIDIZATION-BASED MARKERS, 1.3. PCR BASED MARKERS 
2. MOLECULAR MARKERS IN BREEDING 
2.1. GENOTYPING AND GENE MAPPING, 2.2. RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES (RILS), 2.3. NEAR ISOGENIC LINES (NILS), 2.4. DOUBLE HAPLOIDS 
3. MOLECULAR MARKERS IN GENOME MAPPING 
3.1. BULKED SEGREGATION ANALYSIS, 3.2. LINKAGE MAPS, 3.3. PHYSICAL MAPPING, 3.4. ASSOCIATION MAPPING, 3.5. ALLELE MINING 
4. MOLECULAR MARKERS IN GENETIC DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION 
4.1. GENETIC DIVERSITY, 4.2. DNA ANALYSES USED TO STUDY GENETIC DIVERSITY, 4.3. INVOLVEMENT OF MOLECULAR MARKERS DURING VARIETY PROTECTION 4.4. MARKER ASSISTED BREEDING FOR ACCELERATED INTROGRESSION OF TRAITS, 4.5. MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION (MAS) FOR
GENETIC IMPROVEMENT IN AQUACULTURE 4.6. COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR MOLECULAR MARKER BASED GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS, 4.7. DNA BARCODING
5. MOLECULAR MARKERS IN HEALTH, PATERNITY DETERMINATION AND FORENSIC STUDIES 
5.1. GENETIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN, 5.2. GENETIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH ANIMAL HEALTH 5.4. APPLICATION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS IN FORENSIC STUDIES