The scientist awarded Nobel prize in 1959 for in vitro synthesis of polyribonucleotide was
A
Mendel
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B
Calvin
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C
Khorana
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D
Ochoa
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Solution
The correct option is D Ochoa The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 was awarded jointly to Severo Ochoa and Arthur Kornberg "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid". Mendel, Calvin, and Khorana were awarded Nobel prize in 1959 for in vitro synthesis of polyribonucleotide.