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- Moth Assemblages (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) as a Potential Conservation Tool for Biodiversity Monitoring - Study in Western Himalayan Protected Areas
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1 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun Uttarakhand, IN
1 Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun Uttarakhand, IN
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Indian Forester, Vol 141, No 9 (2015), Pagination: 985-992Abstract
Insects have long been ignored in the conservation approaches despite their fundamental roles in terrestrial ecosystems. Considering the lack in taxonomic expertise in the diverse insect groups, they are slowly making their way into the biodiversity monitoring studies. Moths belonging to the third largest insect order Lepidoptera are a hugely diverse and functionally important group, which can be a potential bio-indicator group in this present situation of environment degradation. Recent studies have brought this less studied group in focus for addressing conservation issues and a lot remains to be explored about this fascinating group of insects. In this paper we have shown some preliminary results of two studies done on moth assemblage in Western Himalayan Protected Areas. The studies aim to give an insight about the community structure and distribution patterns within the assemblages which can be a way forward for future bio-monitoring studies.Keywords
Moths, Biodiversity Indicators, Western Himalaya, Protected Areas.
- Redesigning Nature:To Be or not to Be?
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1 Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Dayananda Sagar Institutions, IN
2 School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumarswamy Layout, Bengaluru 560 078, IN
1 Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Dayananda Sagar Institutions, IN
2 School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumarswamy Layout, Bengaluru 560 078, IN
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Current Science, Vol 112, No 07 (2017), Pagination: 1346-1350Abstract
The concept of designer babies' is indeed intriguing, wherein offspring characteristics can be modified in the embryonic stage by gene editing. Genome editing has got an immense boost with the advent of the Cas/CRISPR technology that utilizes proteins from a bacterial immune system to remove defective genes and replaces them with a rectified edition. The technique is proving to be successful in fighting a host of genetic diseases, including cancer and has even made headway with HIV. The technology has sparked a revolution in genomics with a storm brewing over its patent rights.Keywords
Designer Babies, Genome Editing, Patent Rights, Redesigning Nature.Full Text
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