STANDARD Botany History and Development MCQ Question
Cohen and Boyer isolated an antibiotic resistance gene, by cutting out a piece of DNA from a plasmid which was responsible for conferring antibiotic resistance, in the year
1962
1965
1972
1982
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer accomplished the construction of the first artificial recombinant DNA in 1972. They isolated the antibiotic resistance gene by cutting out a piece of DNA from a plasmid.
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