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PCR technique was invented by

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Sanger
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Boyer
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Cohn
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D
Karry Mullis
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Solution

The correct option is D Karry Mullis
Herbert Boyer, along with Stanley Cohen, constructed the first recombinant DNA in 1972 by linking an antibiotic resistance gene with a naive plasmid from Salmonella typhimurium.

Karry Mulis discovered PCR and was awarded the Nobel prize for the same. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a technique used for the in vitro amplification of the DNA fragments or gene of interest to create multiple copies.

Cohen had developed a method of extracting plasmids from the cell and then introducing them into other cells. He studied the self replicating nature of plasmids.

Sanger was the first to identify the sequence of amino acids in a protein chain.

Hence the correct option is
b. Karry Mullis

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