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Q. The copying of mRNA to DNA is known as

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