Question

In what year was reverse transcription independently discovered by Temin and Baltimore?

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• 1970

• 1980

• 1965

• 1975

Answer 1

Howard M. Temin and David Baltimore independently discovered reverse transcription in 1970 while studying RNA tumour viruses, now called retroviruses. This discovery was revolutionary for molecular biology and retrovirology. They were subsequently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975 for this groundbreaking work.