Question : Reverse transcription was discovered by:
Option 1: Beadle & Tatum
Option 2: Waston & Crick
Option 3: Temin & Baltimore
Option 4: har Govind Khorana
Correct Answer: Temin & Baltimore
Solution : The correct option is - Temin & Baltimore.
David Baltimore and Howard Temin independently and concurrently discovered reverse transcriptase in retroviruses (at the time, RNA tumor viruses), which revolutionized molecular biology and laid the groundwork for retrovirology and cancer biology in 1970.
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