Even fraternal twins do not share an identical genetic makeup, Mukherjee told a gathering at a programme held in Alipore Jail Museum on Friday.Fingerprinting was invented as a mechanism of identification and works going on in the USA and the UK and certain other countries led to genetic fingerprinting, said Mukherjee, cancer researcher and the author of The Gene An Intimate History.People are doing a lot of gene sequencing.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to officially announce Sundarbans and Basirhat as two new districts of the state during an administrative meeting scheduled on November 29.
The state had to bear a cost of at least ₹ 200 crore to create each district, the official said. Ms Banerjee will perform Pratiki Puja (nature worship) at Hingalganj to protect inhabitants from elephant attacks, the official said.
While the coal-fired Rampal power plant will generate 1,320 megawatts of electricity it will destroy mangrove forests, a natural barrier against climate change.