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Which one of the following, scientists developed the process of DNA fingerprinting?

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Kary B. Mullis
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T. H. Morgan
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H. O. Smith
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Alec Jeffreys
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Solution

The correct option is D Alec Jeffreys
In 1984, Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting in a laboratory in the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester. Professor Sir Alec John Jeffreys, FRS is a British geneticist, who developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used all over the world in forensic science to assist police detective work.

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