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Who discovered that the DNA could be sequenced and the correct series of nucleotides on a fragment of DNA could be identified?

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Frederick Sanger
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Ray Wu
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Rosalind Franklin
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James Watson
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The correct option is B Ray Wu
It was Dr. Ray Wu’s work that made researchers believe that sequencing of DNA is in fact, possible. His work in the early 70’s was revolutionary, which led to the discovery of DNA sequencing technology by Frederick Sanger in 1977.

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