“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” Said late British prime minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. For maintaining good health, we require food. Thus, food ranks first among the basic necessity of life. Although food being produced to feed every individuals among all over the world. …

DNA Barcoding DNA barcoding is a method of species identification using a short section of DNA from a specific gene or genes. Everyone is familiar with industrial barcodes as unique identifiers for commercial products. Similar to these industrial barcodes, short gene segments – known as DNA barcodes – are unique …

What is “A Marker”? A marker may be defined as a “Mark of identification”. In Biology three major types of markers are used: Morphological markers (also called “classical” or “visible” markers) which are phenotypic traits. Biochemical markers- called isozymes-are  multiple forms of enzymes, including allelic variants of enzymes. A genetic …