List of recommended books for CSIR preparation –

S. No.	Subject	Unit	Name of the Book
1.	Biochemistry	1	Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry – Nelson and Cox
2.	Cell Biology	2, 4	- Molecular Cell Biology – Lodish - Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments by Gerald Karp
3.	Microbial Physiology	2	- General Microbiology – R.Y. Stanier - Microbiology – L.M. Prescott
4.	Molecular Biology	3	Molecular Biology of the Gene by James D. Watson
5.	Immunology	4	Kuby Immunology - Owen, Punt, Stranford,7th Ed
6.	Developmental Biology	5	Developmental Biology – Scott F. Gilbert
7.	Plant Physiology	6	Plant Physiology – Taiz and Zeiger
8.	Animal Physiology	7	Review of Medical Physiology Ganongs - Kim E. Barrett
9.	Genetics	8	Principles of Genetics- Eldon John Gardner, Michael J. Simmons, D. Peter Snustad
10.	Diversity	9	Use instant notes/study material
11.	Ecology	10	Ecology by Odum
12.	Evolution	11	Use instant notes/study material
13.	Fermentation technology	12	Industrial Microbiology - L.E. Casida
14.	Applied Biology	12	Use instant notes/study material
15.	Methods in Biology	13	Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- Wilson and Walker
16.	Recombinant DNA Technology	13	Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics-S.B. Primrose and R.M. Twyman