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Vanishing breeds

While people worry about patenting of upmarket plant products like neem because of transnational interest, India's unique biodiversity of …

Goodbye Dolly

Both her birth and death stirred a raging debate. Dolly -- the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell -- was put to death on February 14, …

Dilemma over food

Choking the gene pool

Trouble with doubles

The science of cloning is in the nascent stage

High-yield cattle breed less

Monkey genome provides insight into humans

MIAMI GROUP VS rest of the world

Are genetically modified organisms a miracle that will solve the world's hunger problems or a menace that will threaten human health, environment …

Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species

They could solve genetic and cost issues and prevent inbreeding depression among such species

Signatory to biosafety

Gaur clone dies

The first clone of an endangered animal dies of a common infection

Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan

National biodiversity plan admits India has failed to conserve biodiversity

26% of local livestock breeds face the risk of extinction

African wild ass and the wild Bactrian camel most endangered

India ignores biodiversity