The Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 received the presidential assent in March 2021. The bills were passed by both houses of the... View Article
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020 (OSH Code) was one of the three bills passed in the Lok Sabha related to Labour... View Article
When the Indian economy faces a downfall for two consecutive quarters and this results in the decreased GDP of the country, it is said to be a... View Article
The E.coli plasmid was used to produce genetically engineered insulin. The A and B chains of insulin were inserted in the E. coli plasmid and... View Article
Dolly, the sheep was the first successfully cloned mammal. It was cloned from the somatic cell of an adult by the process of nuclear transfer.... View Article
Recombinant DNA is produced by combining DNA with the desired gene from different sources. DNA is cut at a specific place using a restriction... View Article
Bacteria are used in recombinant technology due to various reasons. They contain extrachromosomal DNA called plasmid, which can replicate... View Article
Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer constructed the first artificial recombinant DNA. They inserted antibiotic-resistant genes in the plasmid of... View Article
Yes, pineapple is a CAM plant. CAM plants show Crassulacean acid metabolism, which is a carbon fixation pathway during photosynthesis. It is... View Article
Fruits develop from the mature and ripened ovary after fertilisation. Parthenocarpic fruits develop without fertilisation of the ovary. An... View Article
Auxin induces parthenocarpy in tomatoes. Auxin is a plant growth hormone, which is mostly synthesised in the growing apices of roots and stems.... View Article
Auxin is the plant growth hormone present at the tip of the coleoptile. Auxin was first isolated from the coleoptile of oats seedlings. Also... View Article
In rose, the gynoecium is situated at the centre and other parts of the flower are located at the same level on the rim of the thalamus. This... View Article
Proteins and lipids secreted from the endoplasmic reticulum are modified and packaged in the Golgi apparatus and transported to different parts... View Article
Kingdom is the largest taxonomic group, which contains the largest number of species. The kingdom is followed by phylum. Also Check: What... View Article