wiz-icon
MyQuestionIcon
MyQuestionIcon
1
You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!
Question

Who discovered recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology?


A

James D. Watson

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
B

Walter Sutton and Avery

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
C

Har Gobind Khorana

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!
D

Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses
Open in App
Solution

The correct option is D

Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer


Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen combined their efforts in biotechnology to invent the rDNAtechnology method of cloning genetically engineered molecules in foreign cells.

Har Gobind Khorana research helped to show how the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell, control the cell’s synthesis of proteins.

James D. Watson is best known as a co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.

Walter Sutton and Avery proposed that chromosomes bear hereditary factors.


flag
Suggest Corrections
thumbs-up
1
Join BYJU'S Learning Program
similar_icon
Related Videos
thumbnail
lock
Nucleic Acids
CHEMISTRY
Watch in App
Join BYJU'S Learning Program
CrossIcon