Who discovered DNA fingerprinting?

Options

AAlec Jeffreys
BJacob Monad
CHerbert Boyer
DStanley Cohen

Correct answer

A. Alec Jeffreys

Step-by-step solution

DNA-fingerprinting (also called DNA profiling) is a technique of determining nucleotide sequences of certain areas of DNA which are unique to each individual. Alec Jeffreys in 1984 invented the DNA fingerprinting technique at Leicester University, United Kingdom.

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