Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 322

Question: Who discovered “Reverse transcription?? [MP PMT 1999; Pb. PMT 1999, 2000]

Options:

A) Watson and Crick

B) Beadle and tatum

C) Temin and Baltimore

D) Khorana

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Temin and Baltimore (1972) discovered Reverse transcription (Teminism) in retroviruses.

For this work, Temin, Baltimore and Dulbecco were given Nobel prize (1975).