c-DNA probes are copied from the messenger RNA molecules with the help of
A
restriction enzymes
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B
reverse transcriptase
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C
DNA polymerase reverse transcriptase
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D
adenosine deaminase
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Solution
The correct option is B reverse transcriptase Complementary DNA (cDNA) is DNA synthesized from a single-stranded RNA (e.g., messenger RNA (mRNA)) template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.