TRANSGENIC CROPS

One up

Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain

Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

Gotcha!

Coming soon: more entrants into basmati family

ASIA-PACIFIC

How cells differentiate

Single mothers

Evolution doesn't favour sexual reproduction

Deviation by multiplication

Genetic mutation results in speciation

Digest this

Gene that breaks up cellulose quite prevalent in animals

Sexual distinction

A new technique enables the determination of the sex of cattle and goats at the embryonic stage

Leaders in agony

A recent theory which says that the dominant animal in a pack bears the proverbial cross might lead to more systematic studies of relationships …

Cutting it short

The Biosafety Protocol has just been adopted. In some ways it is a step forward. But it may turn out to be powerless to check trade in …

National biodiversity plan admits India has failed to conserve biodiversity

Food safety

In the wake of genetically-modified food flooding the Indian markets, 25 farmers' groups call for a 10-year moratorium on such food

Green light given

Golden dream

Rice variety to fight vitamin A deficiency

Beware the modified wolf

Will bureaucrats choose to throw farmers and ecology to the mercy of multinational corporations by preparing the way for cultivation of …

Changing need in cattle feed

Scientific fodder comes of age in today's era of specialisation and optimum use

Mistaken identity

Through the fisheye

Some positive moves on conservation of Indian freshwater fish were made at a recent workshop

Evolution of bats

Aping each other

Scientists may grow genetically-identical monkeys

The like and the unlike

Using cells as building blocks, scientists in Israel successfully regenerate an entire higher animal

Miles to go