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Q. The copying of mRNA to DNA is known as

Chhattisgarh PMTChhattisgarh PMT 2009

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Temin in $1964$, reported a reverse flow of genetic information, ie, from mRNA to DNA in retro-viruses. It is reverse transcription, which is brought about by an RNA dependent DNA polymerase called reverse transcriptase.