Fish Genetics in India : Current Trends in Life Sciences, Vol. XV (Proceedings of the Symposium on Conservation and Management of Fish Resources of India, Held on 11-13 April, 1986)

Contents: A. Cytogenetics: I. Review papers: 1. Current status of fish cytogenetics/K.K. Rishi. 2. Fish cytogenetics related to taxonomy, evolution and monitoring aquatic genotoxic agents/G.K. Manna. 3. Some recent trends in fish genetics research in India/G. John and P.V.G.K. Reddy. 4. Application and utility of cytogenetic techniques in the characterization of animal genetic resources/R. Sahai, R.K. Vijh and P.G. Nair. II. Experience papers: 1. Somatic chromosomes of two marine teleosts/S.K. Chakraborty and P.V. Kagwade. 2. Somatic chromosomes of three species of hill stream fishes of Assam/A.R. Khuda - Bukhsh and T. Chanda. B. Cytotaxonomy: I. Review Paper: 1. Taxonomy and speciation of fishes/A.G.K. Menon. II. Experience paper: 1. Cytotaxonomic and electrophoretic investigations on Indian air breathing fishes/K. Chatterjee. C. Biochemical genetics: I. Review paper: 1. Functional relationship between biochemical genetic polymorphism and physiological variation in aquatic animals/A.G. Ponniah. II. Experience paper: 1. Electrophoretic study of muscle and eye lens proteins of three species of nemipterids/S.K. Chakraborty. D. Stock improvement: I. Review papers: 1. Sex control and sex reversal in teleosts: a review/T.P. Singh and B. Lal. 2. The relevance of selective breeding for genetic improvement of farmed fish/A.G. Jhingran and R.A. Gupta. 3. Genetic improvement of Indian major carps for aquaculture industry/V.R.P. Sinha and H.A. Khan. 4. Manipulation of chromosome sets in fish/D. Kaul and A. Srivastava. 5. An account of naturally occurring and artificially produced cyprinid hybrids in India/H.A. Khan and G.V. Kowtal. II. Experience papers: 1. Preliminary observations on selection for faster growth rate in Pearlspot, Etroplus suratensis (Bloch)/P. Das, M.L. Bhaumik, S.K. Mondal, P.K. Ghosh, U. Bhaumik and P.K. Pandit. 2. Monosex male broods of Oreochromis mossambicus produced through artificial sex reversal with 17α - methyl-4- and Rosten - 17 β -01-3-one/K. Varadaraj and T.J. Pandian. 3. Studies on the intergeneric hybrid: common carp, Cyprinus carpio communis L. X mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton)/S.D. Gupta, H.A. Khan, P.V.G.K. Reddy and G.V. Kowtal. 4. Morphological features of Catla-mrigal and mrigal-catla hybrids and their comparison with the parental species/C.K. Gopal, T.J. Verghese and P. Keshavanath. E. Cryopreservation of gametes: I. Review paper: 1. Cryopreservation of carp sperm/K. Gopal Rao. II. Experience paper: 1. Studies on cryogenic preservation of carp spermatozoa/K. Kumar. F. Resource conservation: I. Review paper: 1. Strategy for genetic preservation: an overview/S.K.T. Nasar and H. Haque. II. Experience papers: 1. Mahseer resources of Madhya Pradesh and their conservation with special reference to Narmada Basin/G.P. Dubey. 2. Ecological degradation of upland waters and possible ways of conserving their fish genetic resources/K.L. Sehgal. G. Population genetics: I. Experience papers: 1. Population studies on Notopterus notopterus (Pallas) with reference to investigations on its genetic races/M.A. Khan and V.G. Jhingran. 2. Genetic differences in the morphology of erythrocytes of Rohu, Labeo rohita (Ham.) and mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.) as an adaptation to the environment/S.D. Tripathi. 3. Present status of Hilsa resource in Assam/Y.S. Yadav, M.M. Goswami, D. Kar and M. Choudhury. 4. Evaluation of fish genetic stocks of ox-bow lakes in Bihar/V.R. Chitranshi. Author index.

“The symposium on Conservation and Management of Fish Genetic Resources of India was a veritable landmark exhibiting presentation of some excellent papers supported by strong data base. The wide variety of modern topics covered includes cytotaxonomy, cytogenetics, biochemical genetics, biometrical genetics, resource conservation and stock improvement through genetic manipulations. It helped synthesis of available information on this emerging discipline of fish genetics. The publication with updated selected papers would serve as baseline information on resource utilization, conservation, management and genetic stock improvement.

The editors have tried to make the publication a consolidated source of information for the use of scientists, scholars, development personnel and planners on the diverse facets of fish genetics in India.” (jacket)