Question:- Where is the first wildlife DNA bank of northern India being set up?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Dehradun
(c) Gurugram
(d) Bareilly
Ans: (d)
Related facts:-
- According to the recently received news (April 2017), the first wildlife DNA bank of North India is being set up by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly.
- It is expected that the bank will start by the end of this year.
- So far this is the only bank of this type of ” Laboratory for the Protection of Endangered Species: LaCONES ” in Hyderabad.
- DNA pattern samples of wildlife will be compiled here to prevent wildlife hunting and their trafficking.
- Compiled samples are called ‘positive patterns’ or ‘known samples’, whose DNA sequencing is known.
- By matching a ‘unknown pattern’ received in the future, such as a piece of flesh, blood, hair or skin to ‘known pattern’, it can be told that the unknown pattern is of which animal.
- So far, 140 known patterns of 25 animals have been compiled.
Related Links:-
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/north-india-to-get-its-first-dna-bank-for-wild-animals/articleshow/58032802.cms
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/north-india-to-get-dna-bank-for-wildlife/article17875187.ece