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by Becky Crew Award-winning artist Sam Van Aken has grown a hybridised fruit tree that produces 40 different varieties of stone fruit each year. Download Full Article PDF

Gauri Jairath (gaurilpt@gmail.com) Ph.D. Scholar at Department of Livestock Products Technology, LUVAS, Hisar-1 25004 Introduction The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is ascientific technique in molecular biologyto amplify a single or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence. Polymerase Chain Reaction was developed in 1 984 by the American biochemist, Kary Mullis. Mullis received the Nobel Prize and the Japan Prize for developing PCR in 1 993 (Bartlett, 2003).The polymerase chain reaction can be used to amplify both double and single stranded DNA and…

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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. Native to the Himalayan region, it is a popular aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio. The zebrafish is also an important vertebrate model organism in scientific research. Classification Eumetazoa – Bilateria – Coelomata -Deuterostomia – Chordata – Craniata – Vertebrata – Gnathostomata – Teleostomi – Euteleostomi -Actinopterygii – Actinopteri – Neopterygii – Teleostei – Elopocephala – Clupeocephala – Otocephala -Ostariophysi – Otophysi – Cypriniphysi – Cypriniformes – Cyprinoidea – Cyprinidae – Rasborinae – Danio -Danio rerio Download Full…

by Kamal Pratap Singh Charak, sometimes spelled Caraka, born c. 300 BC was one of the principal contributors to the ancient art and science of Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in Ancient India. According to Charaka’s translations health and disease are not predetermined and life may be prolonged by human effort and attention to lifestyle. As per Indian heritage and science of Ayurvedic system, prevention of all types of diseases have a more prominent place than treatment, including restructuring of life style to align with the course of nature and four seasons, which will guarantee complete wellness.…

Introduction The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous organisation under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Formerly known as Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, it was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. The ICAR has its headquarters at New Delhi. The Council is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 99 ICAR…

Introduction J.B.S. Haldane, FRS (5 November 1892 – 1 December 1964) was a British-born geneticist and evolutionary biologist generally credited with a central role in the development of neo-Darwinian thinking. He was also one of the founders (along with Ronald Fisher and Sewall Wright) of population genetics. British scientist J.B.S. Haldane was born John Burdon Sanderson Haldane in Oxford, England, on November 5, 1892. After studying at the University of Oxford and serving in World War I, Haldane began a prolific and varied career as a geneticist, biochemist, professor and writer. His work in population genetics, which applied mathematical systems…

Introduction Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used as a model organism in plant biology. Arabidopsis is a member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family, which includes cultivated species such as cabbage and radish. Arabidopsis is not of major agronomic significance, but it offers important advantages for basic research in genetics and molecular biology. Download Full Article PDF