1. Introduction
2. Mendel’s laws of inheritance
3. Inheritance of qualitative traits in fish
4. Cells and chromosomes
5. Genes
6. Gene interactions
7. Genetics of quantitative inheritance
8. Sex determination
9. Sex linked genes
10. Hybridization in fishes
11. Mitochondrial inheritance
12. Mutation
13. Linkage and crossing over
14. Chromosome manipulation
15. Cryopreservation
16. Population genetics
17. Inbreeding and crossbreeding
18. Domestication in fishes
19. Sex-Reversal in fishes
20. Selection methods in fishes
21. Genetic improvement of fish and shell fish for disease resistance
22. DNA markers in fisheries application
23. Aquatic genetic resources and its conservation
24. Fish seed certification and quarantine