Question

The center of DNA fingerprinting and diagnostics (CDFD) is located at:
A) Delhi
B) Chennai.
C) Kolkata
D) Hyderabad

Answer 1

Hint:The hereditary material in organisms is known as DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid. Every cell in an organism's body contains this hereditary material. Every person's DNA is unique.
The laboratory technique used for identification of an individual from a sample of DNA by observing the unique patterns in their DNA is termed as DNA fingerprinting. The technique of DNA fingerprinting was developed by Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys in 1984.

Complete answer:
The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an autonomous organization. It is supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. For specific projects, CDFD also receives financial support from other agencies as per requirement.
The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics is an Indian Biotechnology research centre. It is located in Hyderabad, India and governed by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Hyderabad is the capital city of Telangana and it is the largest city in that state. The CDFD has excellent infrastructure and is equipped with the latest instrumentation in order to facilitate the research and development in the field of modern biology. The center is also supported by a bioinformatics facility.

India started using the DNA fingerprinting technique in 1988 which was developed by the “Father of DNA Fingerprinting” in India, Dr. Lalaji Singh.

Hence, the correct option is option (D).

Note:Though CDFD is the only government center for research and development in the field of DNA fingerprinting, there is a private laboratory also providing the facility of DNA fingerprinting. Few of the private labs working in this field are DNA Labs India (DIL), Truth Labs and BioAxis DNA Research Centre (P) Limited.