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  2. Gurdev Khush - Wikipedia

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    Gurdev Singh Khush (born August 22, 1935) is an Agronomist and Geneticist who, along with mentor Henry Beachell, received the 1996 World Food Prize for his achievements in enlarging and improving the global supply of rice during a time of exponential population growth.

  3. Genetics - Wikipedia

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    Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution . Gregor Mendel , a Moravian Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno , was the first to study genetics scientifically.

  4. Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia - Wikipedia

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    Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia is the study of the genetics and archaeogenetics of the ethnic groups of South Asia. It aims at uncovering these groups' genetic histories . The geographic position of the Indian subcontinent makes its biodiversity important for the study of the early dispersal of anatomically modern humans across Asia .

  5. List of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipients - Wikipedia

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    Genetics 1976 Kishan Singh: Delhi: Plant pathology: 1976 Guru Prakash Dutta: Uttar Pradesh: Immunology: 1977 T. C. Anand Kumar: Tamil Nadu: Reproductive biology: 1978 V. Sasisekharan: USA [note 3] Molecular biology 1979 Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran: Tamil Nadu: Neurophysiology: 1979 Amar Nath Bhaduri: West Bengal: Enzymology: 1980 Jamuna ...

  6. Ashok K Singh - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh (born 1 July 1962) [citation needed] is an Indian scientist specializing in the field of Plant Genetics and Breeding. [1] He is known for his contribution to Basmati rice breeding. [2] He is former director and Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, a deemed to be university. [3]

  7. Human genetics - Wikipedia

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    Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population genetics, developmental genetics, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling.

  8. Genetic genealogy - Wikipedia

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    Genetic genealogy is the use of genealogical DNA tests, i.e., DNA profiling and DNA testing, in combination with traditional genealogical methods, to infer genetic relationships between individuals.

  9. DNA annotation - Wikipedia

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    In molecular biology and genetics, DNA annotation or genome annotation is the process of describing the structure and function of the components of a genome, [2] by analyzing and interpreting them in order to extract their biological significance and understand the biological processes in which they participate. [3]