1. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF GENETICS
2. DNA STRUTURE AND ITS TYPES
3. GENES AND ITS FUNCTIONS
4. CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE AND ITS TYPES 
5. SEX CHROMOSOMES IN FISHES
6. MENDEL’s LAWS OF INHERITANCE 
7. GENE INTERACTIONS
8. LINKAGE AND CROSSING OVER 
9. CHROMOSOMAL BANDING TECHNIQUES
10. SEX DETERMINATION IN FISHES 
11. SEX LINKED GENES
12. SIGNIFICANCE OF HARDY WEINBERG LAW
13. FORCES AFFECTING GENE AND GENOTYPIC FREQUENCIES
14. INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION GENETICS
15. GENETICS OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE TRAITS 
16. MUTATION
17. CHROMOSOME MANIPULATION IN FISHES
18. HYBRIDIZATION IN DIFFERENT FISHES 
19. HISTORY AND PRESENT STATUS OF SELECTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMS IN AQUACULTURE 
20. DESIGN OF SELECTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMMES 
21. FISH BREEDING – MATING DESIGNS 
22. INBREEDING
23. CROSS BREEDING 
24. SELECTION METHODS
25. DOMESTICATION METHODS
26. FISH SEED CERTIFICATION AND QUARANTINE PROCEDURES
27. CRYOPRESERVATION OF FISH GAMETES 
28. DNA MARKERS 
29. FISH GENETIC RESOURCES AND ITS CONSERVATION 
30. TRANSGENIC TECHNOLOGY
31. NBFGR INTRODUCED BREED VARIETIES