BioCode

[MANMEET SINGH]

One aspect of BioCode is rather strange. We are attempting to formulate a
unified Code but still want to retain special provisions for special
groups, as for example Tautonyms would not be acceptable only for plants.
Are, we not again to the square one? What real difference does it
incorporate from existing diverse Code. Biocode in present form seems to
be essay on different Codes, with no unified approach in sight. Nothing
would be achieved unless we have uniform provisions for all groups of
organisms, not retroactive, but atleast operative from the date the
BioCode becomes operative. The Draft BioCode (1997) does not give that
assurance.

Manmeet Singh