This Indian Adaptation of the seventh edition of the book contains updated and extended coverage on Far-Western blotting, Electroporation, PCR, Joining of DNA molecules, Primary nucleotide sequence database, Genetic manipulation of animals, RNA interference, Multidimensional liquid chromatography, Protein structures, etc. A number of new topics have been added to make the coverage of content complete as per the Indian curriculum requirement. These include YAC, HAC, Revolution of NGS technologies, Introduction to molecular phylogenetic analysis, Organization of the regulatory genome in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, Gene regulatory network, Revolutionary tool for transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Introduction to Network biology, etc. It also includes two new appendices on Safety Guidelines of recombinant DNA technology and Risk assessment of microorganisms.